Flashcards in Micro Summary: Geographical Locations Deck (39):
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• Acinetobacter
Afghanistan
2
• Altitude sickness
Peru, Bolivia, Tibet, Africa
3
• B. burgdoferi
southern New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic states (Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota), coastal & wooded areas of California & Oregon
4
• Babesia
NE US
5
• Bacillus anthracis
Florida, Washington DC, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
6
• Blastomyces dermatitidis
Ohio & Mississippi River valleys, eastern/northern US
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• Chikungunya
India, Mauritius
8
• Coccidioides immitis
SW US, South America
9
• Coronavirus (SARS)
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar
10
• Cutaneous larva migrans
Bermuda (beach)
11
• Cryptosporidium
worldwide, including US
12
• Dengue
Florida, tropical regions
13
• Entamoeba histolytica
worldwide, rare in US
14
• Francisella tularensis
Martha’s Vineyard
15
• Giardia lamblia
worldwide, including US
16
• Hepatitis
Bangkok
17
• Histoplasma capsulatum
Ohio & Mississippi River valleys, Mexico (spelunking)
18
• Intestinal roundworms
US (not hookworm)
19
• Japanese encephalitis
SE Asia, Cambodia
20
• Leishmania
Central/South America, Middle East (Iraq, Afghanistan), Africa
21
• Leptospirosis
Borneo (eco-challenge)
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• Malaria
Africa, SE Asia, Central/South America
23
• Meningococcal vaccine
Africa, Mecca
24
• Microsporidium
worldwide, including US
25
• Mycobacterium leprae
Africa, (SE) Asia, Latin America, India
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• Neisseria meningitidis
Africa, US
27
• Norovirus
Norwalk, Ohio
28
• Penicillium marneffei
SE Asia
29
• Poliovirus
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria (refuse vaccine), Africa, Asia
30
• Rickettsia rickettsiae
north & south America
31
• Salmonella typhi
developing countries
32
• Schistosoma
snail-infested water, Lake Malawi
33
• Taenia solium
Latin America & Asia
34
• Trypanosoma
Central/South America, Africa
35
• Typhoid fever
India, Central/South America, Asia, Africa, Bangkok
36
• VHF
Africa
37
• West Nile Virus
Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, US
38
• Yellow fever
South America, Africa
39