DISEASE

SYNONYM

German Measles

Rubella

Dengue

*H-Fever
*Dandy Fever
*Break Bone Fever
*Dengue
Hemorrhagic
Fever
Tetanus

PATHOGNOMONIC
SIGNS
*Fever & Rash
*Swollen Lymph
Nodes
*High fever
*Epitaxis
*Rash

INCUBATION
PERIOD
Twelve to TwentyThree (12-23) days

CAUSATIVE AGENT

DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Rubella Virus

*Rubella Test
*ELIZA

Six (6) days to (1)

week

*Dengue Virus Types

1,2,3,4
*Chikungunya Virus

Tourniquet Test
(Rumpel
Leads Test)

*Muscular
Contractions
*Trismus (lock jaw)

Three (3) days to one

(1) month

Clostridium Tetani

*Hydrophobia
*Aerophobia

Two eight (2-8)

weeks

Rhabdovirus

Varicella

*Hydrophobia
*Lyssa
*La Rage
Chicken Pox

* Tetanus toxin in a
serum sample
*Isolation of tetanus
bacillus from infection
site
* Tetanus toxin
antibodies in serum
Rabies Antibody
Titration Test

*Vesicular Rashes

Two to three (2-3)

weeks

Pneumoniae

Pneumonia
Amoeba

Two to three (2-3)

days
1 to 7 days

*Physical Assessment
- No laboratory tests
can diagnose chicken
pox
Chest X-ray

Amoebiasis

TB

Four to Six (4-6)

weeks

Amoeba Entamoeba
histolytica
Myobacterium
Tuberculosis

Fecalysis

Tuberculosis

Productive cough with

rusty sputum
*Melena
*Diarrhea
*Cough of two weeks
or
more
*Hemoptysis

*Human Alpha
Herpesvirus 3
(Varicella-zoster
virus)
*Pneumoccocus

Paresthesias

Varies from type of

poison and snake
3 days

Poison from the

snake
H5N1 virus

Throat Swab Test

Few hours to seven

(7) days

Bacillus Anthracis

Anthrax Blood Test

Tetanus

Rabies

Snake Bite
Birds Flu

Avian Influenza

Anthrax

*Malignant Pustule
*Malignant Edemia
*Woolsorter Disease
*Ragpicker Disease

*Fever
*Body Malaise
*Papules appears in
inoculation
site
*URTI

*Tuberculine Skin Test

Mantoux Test
*Sputum Culture Test
*Molecular
amplification

Filariasis

Human Lymphatic
Filariasis

Typhoid Fever

Enteric Fever

Hepatitis A/B/C

A Infectious
Hepatitis
Epidemic
Hepatitis
Catarrhal
Jaundice
B Hepa B
C- Hepa C

HIV-AIDS

Human
Immunodeficiency
Virus-Acquired
Immuno Deficiency
Syndrome

Meningococcemia

Meningococcemia

Schistosomiasis

Bilhariasis/Snail
Fever

Cholera

El Tor

SOURCES:
Public Health Nursing in the Philippines Pages 239 - 305
2 http://www.cdc.gov/communicable

*Lymphadenitis
(inflammation of
lymph
nodes
*Lymphangitis
(inflammation
of the lymph vessels)
Continued Fever with
rose spots on trunk
A Jaundice with
pruritus and
urticaria,
Bilirubenemia
B Right sided
abdominal pain
with jaundice
C same with B

Eight to Sixteenth (816) months

*Wuchereria
Bancrofti
*Brugia Malayi
*Brugia Timori

*Nocturnal Blood
Examination
*Immunochromatogro
phic
Test

One to three (1-3)

weeks
A 15 50 days
B 45 160 days
C 14 180 days

*Salmonella Typhosa
*Typhoid Bacillus
A Hepatitis A Virus
B Hepatitis B Virus
C Hepatitis C Virus

Sputum Culture

*Fever of unknown
origin
*Gaunt-looking,
apprehensive
*Esophageal
Candidiasis
*High grade fever for
first 24 hours
*Hemorrhagic rash
petechiae, to
widespread purpura
and ecchymoses
*Enlargement of
Abdomen
*Bloody Stools
*Spleenomegaly
*Acute and profuse
colorless diarrhea

1 to 3 months

Retrovirus Human
T-cell lymphotrophic
virus 3 (HTLV -3)

Western Blot

2 10 days1

Neissseria
Meningitidis

Blood Culture

Two to Twelve (2-12)

weeks

*Schistoma Mansoni
*S. Haematobium
*51:Japonicum

*Fecalysis
*Urinalysis

Few hours to five (5)

days

Vibrio El Tor

*No laboratoru tests

can diagnose cholera

A IgM Anti-HAV
B HbsAg, IgM Anti
HBc
C - Screening assay
(EIA or
CIA) for anti-HCV
Verification by an
additional, more
specific assay
(e.g.,
nucleic acid
testing
(NAT) for HCV
RNA)

Diphtheria

Diphtheria

*Infection of
tonsil,throat,nose and
larynx with patches of
grayish membrane

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Two to Five (2-5)

days

Corynebacterium
Diphtheria (KlebsLoaffler Baccilus)

Diphtheria Culture