BIOL 261 Chapter : Chapter 34 Vocabulary
15 Mar 2019
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Enzootic: an endemic disease present in an animal population. Epizootic: an epidemic disease present in an animal population. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps): an acute disease characterized by pneumonia, caused by rodent hantavirus. Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs): an emerging acute disease characterized by shock and kidney failure, caused by rodent hantavirus. Lyme disease: a tick-transmitted disease caused by the spirochete borrelia burgdorferi. Malaria: a disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and anemia, caused by the protest plasmodium spp. , usually transmitted between mammals through the bite of the. Plague: an enzootic disease in rodents caused by yersinia pestis that can be transferred to humans through the bite of the flea. Rabies: a usually fatal neurological disease caused by the rabies virus usually transmitted by the bite or saliva of an infected animal. Rickettsia: obligate intracellular bacteria of the genus rickettsia responsible for diseases including typhus, spotted fever rickettsiosis, and ehrlichiosis.
