BBP diseases

Agent	Disease	Incubation Period (initial infection)	Principal Method of Spread (Transmission)	Symptoms to Watch For	Immunity	Carrier State
Plasmodium Species	Malaria	10-35 days	Arthropod or tick bite, transfusion	Weakness, sweating, headache, fever, chills, muscle pain	Gradual	No
Treponema pallidum	Acquired syphilis	9-90 days	Sexual	Sore in genital area	No	No
HDV	Same as HBV	2-10 weeks	Same as HBV	Same as HBV	Yes	No
Leptospira interrogans	Leptospirosis	4-20 days	Broken skin/mucous membrane, inhalation	Impaired senses, headache, fever, chills, muscle pain, rash	No	No
Borrelia species	Relapsing fever	2-15 days	Insect bite	Sudden fever, severe headache, chills, nerve and muscle pain	Yes	No
Borrelia burgdorferi	Lyme disease	2-30 days	Arthropod or tick bite	Spread red rash, swollen glands, stiff neck	No	No
Brucella species	Brucellosis	5-60 days	Broken skin/mucous membrane, inhalation, ingestion	Sudden fever night sweats, chills, severe headache, body aches	Yes	No
Francisella tularensis	Tularemia	1-10 days	Arthropod bite, ingestion, inhalation	Flu-like illness	Yes	No
Babesia species	Babesiosis	1 wk to 12 mos	Insect bite, transfusion	Same as malaria	No	No
Streptobacillus- moniliformis	Streptobacillary rat-bite fever	3-20 days	Rat bite, ingestion	Rash, headache, chills, fever, arthritic symptoms	No?	No
Creutzfeldt-Jakob virus	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease	15 mos-20 yrs	Broken skin/mucous membrane	Confusion, madness	?	?
Marburg virus Ebola virus	Hemorrhagic fever	3 days-2 weeks	Broken skin/mucous membrane	Sudden fever, weakness, severe leg pain, rash, stomach pain	?	No
Junin virus Machupo virus	Hemorrhagic fever	7-16 days	Scratched or broken skin/mucous membrane, inhalation of dried infected rodent feces and urine	Same as Marburg/Ebola and sweats, sore throat	Yes	No
Crimean- Congo Virus	Hemorrhagic fever	3-12 days	Arthropod bite, also infected rodents and domesticated animals, broken skin/mucous membrane	Same as Marburg/Ebola	Some	No
HTLV-I	Leukemia/Lymphoma (T-cell origin)	Unknown	Transfusion	Skin lesions, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, hypercalcemia, degenerative neurologic disease	No	Yes
Several arboviruses	Colorado tick fever	3-12 days	Arthropod bite, transfusion	Fever, headache, stiff neck, confusion	Yes	No