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Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Hantavirus Pathogen ... : Hantavirus - Rodents ... saliva of infected rodents ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Rat Feces: - Hantavirus ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis ... #Management #Rodents
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
wasting • + Froment's ... CubitalTunnel #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
Zoonotic Infections
 • Cats
 • Dogs
 • Fish/Marine Animals
 • Birds/Chickens
 • Sheep/Goats/Cattle
 • Pigs
 •
turtle, frog) • Rodents ... Infections #Animals #diagnosis
Monkeypox - Virology

Causative Agent: Monkeypox virus (MPV)
Year of Discovery: 1958
Genome: Double-stranded DNA
Variants and Genotypes: 2 clades
Primary
Reservoirs: Monkeys, rodents ... comparison #virology #Diagnosis
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
relieved by rest) • Fragments ... JointDisease #JointPain #Diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
Angiostrongyliasis - Angiostrongylus costaricensis Life Cycle
1) Eggs hatch in the ileum, and first-stage larvae are passed
are passed in rodent ... costaricensis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
Monkeypox Skin Rash
30 yr F and her 6 yr daughter purchased 2 prairie dogs 10 days
Diagnosis? ... to people from rodents