Required Bug List
Bacteria
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Staphylococcus aureus
Vibrio cholera
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Neisseria meningitidis
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Hemophilus influenzae
Streptococcus pyogenes
Hemophilus ducreyi
Streptococci agalactiae
Legionella species
Enterococci
Bordetella pertussis
Viridans streptococci
Helicobacter pylori
Clostridium tetani
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Clostridium botulinum
Chlamydia trachomatis
Clostridium perfringens
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Clostridium difficile
Chlamydia psittaci
Listeria monocytogenes
Borrelia burgdorferi
Bacteroides species (fragilis)
Borrelia recurrentis
Actinomyces
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Escherichia coli
Mycobacterium avium-
(ETEC and 0157:H7)
intracellulare
Salmonella species
Rickettsia rickettsii
Salmonella typhi
Rickettsia akari
Shigella
Ehrlichia species
Campylobacter jejuni
Bacillus anthracis
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Treponema pallidum
Fungi
Dermatophytes (e.g., tinea) Blastomyces dermatitidis
Malassezia furfur Cryptococcus neoformans
Sporothrix schenkii Candida species
Histoplasma capsulatum Aspergillus fumigatus
Coccidioides immitis Mucorales species (e.g., rhizopus)
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Viruses
Herpes simplex virus 1&2 Human Immunodeficiency Viruses
Varicella/Zoster virus Flavivirus
Cytomegalovirus West Nile virus
Epstein Barr Virus St. Louis encephalitis virus
Kaposi Sarcoma herpes virus Dengue virus*
(HHV-8) Yellow fever virus*
Enteroviruses Measles virus*
Polio, Coxsackievirus, Influenza virus A-C
Echovirus Respiratory syncytial virus
Rotavirus Parainfluenza virus
Rubella virus* Adenovirus
Calicivirus Rhinovirus
Filovirus e.g., Ebola* Rabies virus
Corona virus e.g., SARS Alphavirus
Bunyavirus e.g., LaCrosse Eastern equine encephalitis
Western equine encephalitis
Other
Prions
*Even though we do not have time to
discuss extensively in lecture, you
should read about these viruses and you
will be expected to know about them.
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