Cardiovascular and Systemic Diseases (Bacteria & Parasites)

Plague

Definition / Signs & Symptoms: Disease of rats and wild rodents has 3 Types: Bubonic Plague, Pneumonic Plague & Septicemic Plague

Causative agent: Yersinia pestis

Transmissibility: Communicable

Tularemia “Rabbit Fever”

Definition / Signs & Symptoms: Usually contracted by man from rabbits, opossums, rodents, quail, & other game animals; Results in skin ulcer, pharyngitis, or pneumonia

Causative agent:  Francisella tularensis

Transmissibility: Non-Communicable

Malaria

Definition / Signs & Symptoms: Usually feel very sick with a high fever and shaking chills; Common in tropical and subtropical countries.

Causative agent: Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale

Transmissibility: Non-Communicable

R: Rodents

Vector & Natural Reservoir of Plague

• Dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

• Wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni)

• Lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum)

• Deer flies (Chrysops spp.)

Vector & Natural Reservoir of Tularemia “Rabbit Fever”

V: Female Anopheles mosquito

Vector & Natural Reservoir of Malaria