Unit 4

Chlamydia Trachomatis

Disease causes: Trochoma

Type of Bacterium: Gram-Negative

Symptoms/Notes: Es lead to blindness, disrupts the cornea & inflames the eye to eventually leading to blindness

Leishamania (Sand fly vector)

Disease Caused: Leshmaniasis

Type of organism: Parasite/ protozoan

Symptoms: Skin sores,itching

Clostridium Tetani

Diseases Cause: Tetnus (lock jaw)

Type of organism: Gram- Positive

Symptoms: Muscle spasm, jaw, neck

Naeglria Fowleri

Disease Caused: Meniroen Cepnalitis

Type of organism: Ameoba/ flagela

Symptoms: Fever, chills, brain eating

Bórrela Burgdorferi

Disease Caused: Burrella

Type of bacterium: Gram- Negative

Symptoms: Lyme disease

Bacillus Anthracis

Disease Caused: Anthrax

Type of Bacterium: Gram- Positive

Symptoms: Phenomonia, Black ulcers

Plasmodium (Anopheles Mosquitos Vectors)

Disease Causes: Maleria

Type of Organism: Protozan

Symptoms: Fever, chills, muscles aches

Toxoplasma Gondii

Disease Causes: Toxoplaslasis

Type of Organism: Nematode

Symptoms: Undercooked meats, unwashed fruit/veggies, cat feces

Trypansoma Brucel (Tsetse fly vector)

Disease Caused: African Sleeping sickness

Type of organism: Singled-called prokaryote

Symptoms: Fever, headache, trouble sleeping, joint issues

Escherichia Coli (E. Coli)

Disease Caused: E. Coli, sign toxin

Type of Bacterium: Gram-Negative

Symptoms: Bloody stool, diarrhea, food poisoning

Helicopacter Pylorl

Disease Caused: Stomach Ulcers

Type of bacterium: Gram- Negative

Symtopms: Chronic Gastritis

Legionella Peunomonia

Disease Called: Legionella

Type of bacterium: Gram-negative

Symptoms: Respiratoy upper tract puenomonia

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Disease Cause: Tuberculosis

Type of Bacterium: Gram-Positive

Symptoms: Coughing blood, fever, weight loss

Salmonella Enterica

Disease Caused: Salmonella

Type of bacterium: Gram-Negative

Symptoms: food poisoning, fever, nauseas, vomiting

Vibro Cholerae

Disease Causes: Cholera/ Diarreah

Type of Bacterium: Gram-Negative

Symptoms: Those who eat raw undercooked meat

Herminia Pestis

Disease Caused: Bubnic plague

Type of bacterium: Gram-Negative

Symptoms: Lymphatic systems, causing swelling, fever, & pus filled sores