Common Viral and Bacterial Diseases of Childhood PDF

**[Common viral and bacterial diseases of childhood - 2.4 ]** **Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and 2 - human alphaherpesvirus 1** Aka cold sores, HSV1, HSV2 Transmission: - Incubation: - Symptoms: - - - - - - Treatment: - - Prevention: - Complications: - - -...

**[Common viral and bacterial diseases of childhood - 2.4 ]** **Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and 2 - human alphaherpesvirus 1** Aka cold sores, HSV1, HSV2 Transmission: - Incubation: - Symptoms: - - - - - - Treatment: - - Prevention: - Complications: - - - Reinfection following latency in sensory neurones **Varicella - human alphaherpesvirus 3** Aka chicken pox Transmission - Incubation: - Symptoms: - - - - - - - - Treatment: - - - - Prevention: - - Complications: - - - - - - - - **Infective Mononucleosis - human gammaherpesvirus 4** Aka glandular fever, kissing disease, mono, EBV (Epstein Barr virus) Transmissions: - Incubation: - Symptoms: - - - - - - - - - - - Treatment: - - Prevention: - Complications: - - - - Infects B lymphocytes → cytotoxic T cells respond → Downey cells **Epidemic parotitis - mumps orthorubulavirus** Transmission: - Incubation: - Symptoms: - - - - - - Prevention: - Complications: - - - - - - - **Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthem - enterovirus spp** Aka HFMD (hand foot and mouth disease) Transmission: - Incubation: - Symptoms: - - - - - - Treatment: - - Prevention: - - Complications: rare - - - - **Measles - Morbillivirus hominis** Aka Rubeola, english measles, red measles Transmission: - Incubation: - Symptoms: - - - - - **Rubella - Rubivirus rubella (RuV)** Aka german measles Transmission: - - Incubation: - Symptoms: - - - - - - - - Treatment: - Prevention: - Complications: - - - - - -  **Respiratory Syncytial virus - Orthopneumovirus hominis** Aka RSV Transmission: - - - Incubation: - Symptoms: - - - - - - - - - - - Treatment: - - - - Prevention: - Complications: - - - - - - - Long term - - - **Scarlet fever - Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A strep)** Aka scalatina Transmission: - - - Incubation: - Symptoms: - - - - - - - - - - - - Treatment: - - Prevention: - Complications: - - - - - - - - - - **Whooping cough - Bordetella pertussis** Aka pertussis Transmission: - - Incubation: - Symptoms: - - - - - - - - - Treatment: - - - - Prevention: - Complications: - - - - - - - - - **Dermatophytosis - Dermatophytes spp** Aka tinea, dermatomycosis, ringworm Transmission: - Types: - - - - Symptoms: - - - Treatment: - - - Prevention: - **Meningitis** Causes by: - - - - - - Transmission: - - Types: - - - - Symptoms: - - - - - - - - - - Treatment: - - - - - Prevention: - - - Complications: - - - **Sepsis** Causes: - - - - - - Transmission: - Most at risk: - - - - - - Symptoms: - - - - - - - - - - Treatment: - - - Prevention: - - - - Complications: - - - - - - **NHS immunisations** Birth BCG: - Hep B vaccination for children at risk If: - - - - - 2 months - - - - - - - - 3 months - - - - - - - - - 4 months - - - - - 12 months: - - - - - - Influenza - - **Preschool vaccines** 3 yrs 4 months - - - - - - - **Teens** 12-13 - 14 - - - -