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Zoonoses Flashcards

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What are zoonoses?

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Diseases that pass between people and animals.

>70% of emerging human infectious diseases come from animals.

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What are examples of new emerging infectious diseases?

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VHF

Respiratory diseases: MERS

Novel influenza viruses: pH1N1

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How are zoonotic diseases transmitted?

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Every day contact with animals:

  • Scratches or bites

By-products (feces/urine):

  • Contaminated soil
  • Litter

Foodstuffs:

  • Carcass processing
  • Milk and milking
  • Raw/undercooked meats
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Which zoonoses are UK farm/wild animal associated?

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Campylobacter

Salmonella

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Which zoonoses are tropical farm/wild animal associated?

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Brucella

Coxiella

Rabies

VHF

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Which zoonoses are UK companion animal based?

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Bartonella

Toxoplasmosis

Ringworm

Psitticosis

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Which zoonoses are tropical companion animal associated?

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Rabies

Tick-borne diseases

Spirilum minus

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What is the reservoir and transmission for Campylobacter?

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Reservoir:

  • Poultry
  • Cattle

Transmission:

  • Contaminated food

80% of campylobacter food poisoning in the UK come from contaminated poultry, especially chicken. One of the main ways to get and spread campylobacter poisoning is through cross-contamination from raw chicken. Campylobacter is also found in red meat, unpasteurised milk and untreated water.

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What is the clinical presentation of Campylobacter? What are investigations and management for Campylobacter?

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  • Diarrhoea
  • Bloating
  • Cramps

Investigations: Stool culture

Management: Supportive

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What is the reservoir and transmission for Salmonella?

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Reservoir:

  • Poultry
  • Reptiles/amphibians

Transmission:

  • Contaminated food
  • Poor hand hygiene
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What is the clinical presentation of Salmonella? What are investigations and management for Salmonella?

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Clinical presentation:

  • Diarrhoea
  • Vomiting
  • Fever

Investigations: Stool culture

Management:

  • Supportive
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Azithromycin
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What is the reservoir and transmission of Bartonella henselae?

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Reservoir: Kittens > cats

Transmission:

  • Scratches
  • Bites
  • Licks of open wounds
  • Fleas
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Which two diseases can Bartonella henselae cause?

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Cat Scratch Disease

Bacillary angiomatosis

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Why do kittens cause Bartonella henselae more than adult cats?

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Bartonella is a slightly curved Gram negative rod.

Kittens are more likely to infect people because they scratch more often and have a higher prevalence of Bartonella.

Prevalence in cats of all ages can be 30 to 50%.

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What is the clinical presentation of cat scratch disease? What are investigations and management for cat scratch disease?

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Clinical presentation:

14% of cases can progress to more severe symptoms which can include eye problems, encephalopathy, arthritis, osteolysis, vascular system lesions, hepatitis, or pneumonia.

  • Macule at site of innoculation
  • Becomes pustular
  • Regional adenopathy
  • Systemic symptoms

Investigations: Serology

Management: Erythromycin, Doxycycline

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What is the clinical presentation of bacilliary angiomatosis?

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Mostly in HIV - infected and other immuno-suppressed individuals. Much more severe disease than is CSD. Vascular lesions may involve many organs, with skin being the most common.

Clinical presentation:

  • Occurs in immunocompromised
  • Skin papules
  • Disseminated multi-organ and vasculature involvement
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What are investigations and management for bacilliary angiomatosis?

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Prevention: Wash hands after handling cats, use flea control, do not let cats lick areas of abraded skin or open wounds.

Investigations:

  • Histopathology
  • Serology

Management:

  • Erythromycin
  • Doxycycline

PLUS rifampicin

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What is the reservoir and transmission of Toxoplasmosis?

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Reservoir:

  • Cats
  • Sheep

Transmission:

  • Infected meat
  • Faecal contamination
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What is the clinical presentation of toxoplasmosis?

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Fever

Adenopathy

Still-birth

Progressive visual, hearing, motor, & cognitive issues

Seizures

Neuropathies

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What are investigations and management of toxoplasmosis?

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Investigations: Serology

Management:

  • Spiramycin
  • Pyrimethamine plus sulfadiazine
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What is the reservoir and transmission of Brucellosis?

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Reservoir:

  • Cattle
  • Goats

Transmission:

  • Unpasteurised milk
  • Undercooked meat
  • Mucosal splash
  • Aerosolisation/inhalation
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What is the clinical presentation of Brucellosis?

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Incubation period - usually 30 days but can be up to 5 months

Symptoms: Non-specific. Fever, chills, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, anorexia, fatigue, lymphadenopathy and splenomagaly.

The ratio to subclinical to clinical cases is 1:1 to 12:1.

  • Fever
  • Back pain
  • Orchitis
  • Focal abscesses (Psoas, liver etc)
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What are investigations and management for Brucellosis?

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Investigations:

  • Blood/pus culture
  • Serology

Management:

Doxycycline PLUS Gentamicin OR Rifampicin

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What is the reservoir and transmission of Coxiella burnetii - Q fever?

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Reservoir:

  • Goats
  • Sheep
  • Cattle

Transmission:

  • Aerosolisation/inhalation of secretions, waste, or milk of infected animals.
  • Unpasteurised milk
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What is the clinical presentation of Coxiella burnetti - Q fever?
**Incubation period:** Usually 30 days but can be up to 5 months. **Symptoms:** Non-specific. Fever, chills, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, anorexia, fatigue, lymphadenopathy and splenomagaly. The ratio to subclinical to clinical cases is 1:1 to 12:1. * Fever * ‘Flu-like illness * Pneumonia * Hepatitis * Endocarditis * Focal abscesses (Para-vertebral/discitis etc)
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What are investigations and management of Coxiella burnetti - Q fever?
**Investigations**: Serology **Management:** Doxycycline (hydroxychloroquine)
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What is the reservoir and transmission of Rabies (Lyssa virus)?
**Reservoir:** * Dogs * Cats * Bats * Racoons Approximately 120,000 animals or more are tested for rabies each year in the United States, and approximately 6% are found to be rabid. **Transmission:** * Bites * Scratches * Contact with infected fluid
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What are similar viruses to Rabies (Lyssa virus)?
All of the newly identified australian bat viruses are **Rhabdoviruses** which are related to the viruses that cause rabies and Lyssa fever. Viruses in this family have a high fatality rate often near 100%. **Henda Virus (Equine Morbillivirus):** Infects humans, horses, cats and Guinea pigs. Fruit bats are the natural reservoir. **Australian bat lyssa viruses (Ballina virus):** This is a close relative of rabies. **Menangle virus:** Carried by fruit bats and causes disease in pigs.
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What is the clinical presentation of Rabies?
Seizures Excessive salivation Agitation Confusion Fever Headache
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What are investigations and management of Rabies (Lyssa virus)?
**Investigations:** * Serology * Brain biopsy * (USA saliva PCR) **Management:** * Immunoglobulin * Vaccine HRIG only given if direct exposure to saliva of likely infected animal and no pre-exposure vaccinations received by the patient.
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What is the reservoir and transmission of rat bite fever?
**Reservoir:** * **Rats:** Nasopharyngeal carriage rates in healthy laboratory rats range from 10% to 100%; carriage rates in wild rats range from 50% to 100%. **Transmission:** * Bites * Contact with infected urine or droppings Transmission is usually through a rat bite. However, some cases have rat exposure but no reported bite.
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What are the responsible agents for rat bite fever?
Streptobacillus moniliformis Spirillum minus
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What is the clinical presentation of rat bite fever?
2-10 days after rat bite: * Fevers * Polyarthralgia * Maculopapular progressing to purpuric rash * Can progress to endocarditis
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What are investigations and management for rat bite fever?
**Investigations:** * Joint fluid microscopy & culture * Blood culture **Management:** * Penicillins
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What is the reservoir and transmission for Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome?
**Reservoir:** * **Deer mouse:** Sin Nombre virus * **White footed mouse:** Sin Nombre virus * **Cotton rat:** Black canal virus * **Rice rat:** Bayou virus **Transmission:** * Contact with infected urine or droppings * Aerosolisation
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Where is Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome endemic and what is it associated with?
Western & southern USA and most of central & South America. HPS has also been linked with hypertensive renal disease in the inner city.
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What is the clinical presentation for Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome?
Fever Myalgia Flulike illness Respiratory failure Bleeding Renal failure
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What are investigations and management for Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome?
**Investigations:** * Serology * PCR **Management:** * Supportive
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What is the reservoir and transmission of viral haemorrhagic fever?
**Reservoir:** * **Ebola:**?Bats * **Marburg:**?Bats * **Lassa:** Rats * **CCHF:** Ticks **Transmission:** Most are transmitted by direct contact of bodily fluids in the later stages of the disease. Vomiting, diarrhea, shock and hemorrhage. Not transmissible via air. Caregivers often infected.
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What are causative organisms of viral haemorrhagic fever?
* Lassa * Marburg * Ebola * Congo-Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever Ebola and Marburg are RNA viruses in the filovirus family.
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What is the clinical presentation of viral haemorrhagic fever?
Fever Myalgia Flulike illness Bleeding
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What are investigations and management for viral haemorrhagic fever?
**Investigations:** * Serology * PCR **Management:** Supportive
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**A 35 year old patient presents with abdominal cramps and diarrhoea after a BBQ. What is the most likely source?** A. Beef B. Pork C. Chicken D. Unpasteurised cheese E. Playing with the tortoise
C. Chicken
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**A 35 year old patient presents with fever after a bat bite.** **What potential infection is most concerning?** A. Spirillum minus B. Hanta virus C. Lassa virus D. Rabies virus E. Streptobacillus moniliformis
D. Rabies virus
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**A 35 year old patient is suspected of having a Brucella infection in their right psoas after drinking unpasteurised goats milk.** **What is the first investigation to obtain?** A. Blood culture B. Psoas pus culture C. Serology D. Whole blood PCR E. Psoas muscle histopathology
A. Blood culture
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**A 35 year old patient presents with fever of 38.8C after return from 3 months in Rwanda, when they co-habited in a hut with a family and their livestock.** **How should this patient be managed?** A. Admit into a bay B. Transfer to HCID unit at Royal Free C. Admit into side room D. Discharge E. Discharge to return to infectious diseases clinic in 3 days
C. Admit into side room
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