You have been exposed to each of the 8 microbes below After

You have been exposed to each of the 8 microbes below.

After a couple of days you develop the symptomes listed below. What microbe do you think has infected your (select all that apply).

High fever up to 105 F

Coughing out greenish, yellow, or bloody mucus

Chills that make you shake

Feeling like you can’t catch your breath, especially when you move around a lot

Feeling very tired

Low appetite

Sharp or stabby chest pain (you might feel it more when you cough or take a deep breath)

sweating a lot

Fast breathing and heartbeat

Lips and fingernails turning blue

Question 3 options:

Burkholderia mallei

Yellow Fever virus

Rickettsia rickettsii

Epstein Barr Virus

Rhizobium spp.

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Helicobacter pylori

Aliivibrio fischeri

Solution

Yellow Fever virus:

Yellow fever gets its name from two of its most obvious symptoms: fever and yellowing of the skin. The yellowing occurs because the disease causes liver damage, hepatitis. For some people, yellow fever has no initial symptoms, while for others, the first symptoms appear from three to six days after exposure to the virus from a mosquito bite.

An infection with yellow fever typically has three phases. The first phase of symptoms can last for three to four days and then, for most people, disappears. The first phase is generally non-specific and cannot be distinguished from other viral infections.

The initial symptoms of yellow fever are:

Burkholderia pseudomallei:

Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei cause the diseases melioidosis and glanders, respectively. A well-studied aspect of pathogenesis by these closely-related bacteria is their ability to invade and multiply within eukaryotic cells. In contrast, the means by which B. pseudomallei and B. mallei adhere to cells are poorly defined.