Imported Studyset

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Epstein-Bar virus
Disease: Burkitt's lymphoma and Infectious mononucleosis. MOT: oral contact.

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TermDefinition
Epstein-Bar virus
Disease: Burkitt's lymphoma and Infectious mononucleosis. MOT: oral contact.
Ebola virus
Disease: hemorrhagic fever. MOT: body fluids, indirect contact.
Dengue virus
Disease: breakbone fever. MOT: mosquitoes.
Hepatitis A virus
Disease: hepatitis A (infectious hepatitis). MOT: fecal-oral.
Hepatitis B virus
Disease: hepatitis B (serum hepatitis), hepatic cancer. MOT: blood transfusion and sexual contact.
Hepatitis C virus
Disease: hepatitis C (Non A, Non B hepatitis; chronic hepatitis), hepatic cancer. MOT: blood transfusion and sexual contact.
Herpes simplex -1
Disease: oral herpes (cold sores). MOT: direct and sexual contact.
Herpes simplex -2
Disease: genital herpes. MOT: direct and sexual contact.
Human immunodeficiency virus
Disease: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. MOT: blood and sexual contact.
Influenza virus
Disease: influenza. MOT: airborne.
Norovirus/Norwalk
Disease: intestinal illness. MOT: direct contact or ingestion (usually on cruise ships).
Papilloma virus
Disease: benign tumors, warts, cervical and penile cancers. MOT: direct and sexual contact.
Polio virus
Disease: poliomyelitis. MOT: fecal-oral.
Rabies virus
Disease: rabies. MOT: bite and saliva.
Respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV)
Disease: croup and pneumonia in infants. MOT: airborne.
Sin Nombre virus
Disease: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. MOT: inhaling rodent urine or feces.
Rubeola virus
Disease: measles. MOT: airborne.
Rubella virus
Disease: German measles. MOT: airborne and congenital.
Mumps virus
Disease: mumps. MOT: airborne and contact.
Variola major virus
Disease: smallpox. MOT: contact.
Varicella Zoster virus
Disease: chickenpox and shingles. MOT: airborne and direct contact with lesions.
Zika virus
Disease: microcephaly. MOT: mosquitoes, sexually, pregnancy, blood.
Acanthamoeba spp.
Disease: keratitis, blindness. MOT: freshwater contact (contact lens wearers).
Balantidium coli
Disease: balantidiasis, dysentery. MOT: fecal-oral.
Cryptosporidium parvum
Disease: cryptosporidiosis. MOT: fecal-oral.
Entamoeba histolytica
Disease: amoebic dysentery, amoebiasis. MOT: fecal-oral.
Enterobius vermicularis
Disease: pinworm. MOT: fecal-oral.
Giardia intestinalis/lamblia
Disease: giardiasis. MOT: fecal-oral.
Leishmania spp.
Disease: cutaneous or visceral leishmaniasis. MOT: sand flies.
Naegleria fowleri
Disease: meningoencephalitis, brain eating amoeba. MOT: swimming in warm freshwater.
Plasmodium spp.
Disease: malaria. MOT: Anopheles mosquito.
Taenia solium
Disease: cysticercosis, epilepsy. MOT: fecal-oral, eating undercooked pork.
Trichinella spiralis
Disease: trichinosis (muscle cysts). MOT: eating undercooked meat (usually pork).
Toxoplasma gondii
Disease: toxoplasmosis. MOT: fecal-oral (usually cats).
Trypanosoma brucei
Disease: African sleeping sickness. MOT: tsetse fly.
Trypanosoma cruzi
Disease: Chaga's disease. MOT: kissing bugs.
Trichomonas vaginalis
Disease: vaginitis. MOT: sexual contact.