Micro Posters

Lyme disease

• Pathogen: Borrelia burgdoferi

• Transmission:

  • Carried by vectors (ticks)

  • Zoonosis (tick → human)

• Prevention: avoid ticks

• Treatment methods: antibiotics, no vaccine

C. diff

• Pathogen: Clostridiodes difficile

• Transmission: ingestion of spores, feces → oral

• Prevention: proper personal/industrial sanitation and hygiene

• Treatment: stopping the antibiotic that triggered the infection and starting a targeted antibiotic, no vaccine

Listeriosis

• Pathogen: Listeria monocytogenes

• Transmission: ingestion of contaminated food/drink

• Prevention: practicing proper and safe food hygiene

• Treatment: food and rest, otherwise, antibiotics, no vaccine

Tuberculosis

• Pathogen: Mycobacterium bovis

• Transmission: airborne, person-to-person

• Prevention: respiratory hygiene, antibiotics, getting vaccinated

• Treatment: 6-9 months RIPE treatment (antibiotics), has a vaccine

Gonorrhea

• Pathogen: Neisseria gonorrhoeae

• Transmission: sexually

• Prevention: abstinence, safe sex

• Treatment: antibiotics, no targeted vaccine → Meningitis vaccine has been offered to high-risk groups

Salmonella

• Pathogen: Salmonella enterica

• Transmission: contaminated food

• Prevention: pasteurization, proper food safety, hygienic farming practices

• Treatment: antibiotics, no targeted vaccine → typhoid fever vaccine (typhoid fever is caused by a specific strain)

Norovirus

• Pathogen: Norovirus

• Transmission: direct contact, contaminated surfaces/food/water, airborne particles

• Prevention: proper personal/food/surface area hygiene care

• Treatment: rehydration, anti-diarrheal medication, no vaccine

Measles

• Pathogen: Morbillivirus

• Transmission: airborne, surface contamination

• Prevention: getting vaccinated

• Treatment: antibiotics, has a vaccine

Chickenpox

• Pathogen: Varicella zoster virus

• Transmission: airborne, direct contact, shingles exposure, indirect contact (rare)

• Prevention: getting vaccinated

• Treatment: managing symptoms and preventing secondary bacterial skin infections from scratching, has a vaccine

Zika

• Pathogen: Zika virus

• Transmission: primarily from mosquito bites

• Prevention: avoiding mosquito bites, practicing safe sex/abstinence

• Treatment: managing symptoms, no vaccine