obligate intracellular parasites

chlamydia trachomatis

#1 STD in US

located in genital tract, eyes, transmitted via sexual contact, passage through birth canal and hand to eye contact

nongonococcal urethritis

cervicitis

inclusion conjunctivitis

lymphgranuloma venereum

trachoma (leads to blindness)

pneumonia in infants

what do. youcall the infectious form of chlamydia trachomatis

elementary body

what do you call the non infectius form of chlamydia trachomatis

reticulate body

chlamydia pneumoniae

human resp tract

atpicaly pneuomonia

chlamydia psittaci

birds, aerosol of bird feces

parrot fever (psittacosis)

rickettsia rickettsii

coccobacilli

in dogs and rodents, via dog ticks

replicate in cytoplasm and nucleus of host

lice

rat flea

rocky mountain spotted fever

rickettsia prowazekii

human is accdiental host via body lice

epidemic typhus

what is typhus characterized by

sudden headache

malaise

generlized myalgia

macular skin eruption

vascular and neurological disturbances