MBI 111 Microorganisms and Human Disease

Diseases Transmitted by Respiratory Infection

Background

• Anatomy and associated host defense factors
  • upper respiratory tract
    • physical

    • chemical

    • cellular

  • lower respiratory tract
    • physical

    • chemical

    • cellular

• epidemiology
  • transmission

  • predisposing factors

Respiratory Diseases

• Acute Common Coryza (Common Cold)
  • epidemiology: Rhino-, Adeno-, Respiratory Syncytial and other (corona, Coxsackie, echo, reo) viruses

  • pathogenesis:

  • treatment:

  • prevention:

• Streptococcal Pharyngitis (Strep Throat)
  • epidemiology: Streptococcus pyogenes(bacterium)

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• Infectious Mononucleosis
  • epidemiology: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

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• Meningitis
  • epidemiology: Haemophilus influenzae

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• Diphtheria
  • epidemiology: Corynebacterium diphtheriae (bacterium)

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• Mumps
  • epidemiology: Mumps Virus

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• Rubella (German measles)
  • epidemiology: Rubella Virus

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• Rubeola (Measles)
  • epidemiology: Rubeola Virus

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• Varicella (Chickenpox)
  • epidemiology: Herpes Varicella-Zoster Virus

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• Variola (Smallpox)
  • epidemiology: Variola Virus

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• Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
  • epidemiology: Bordetella pertussis (bacterium)

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• Influenza
  • epidemiology: Influenza Virus

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• Pneumonia
  • epidemiology: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae (bacteria); Pneumocystis carinii (fungus); Respiratory Syncytial Virus

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• Legionaire's Disease
  • epidemiology: Legionella pneumophila (bacterium)

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• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
  • epidemiology: Hantavirus

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• Tuberculosis
  • epidemiology: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (bacterium)

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• Histoplasmosis
  • epidemiology: Histoplasma capsulatum (fungus)

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