CV system

Question 1

What are the major symptoms of Septicemia

Answer 1

Fever
Chills
Petechiae
Osteomyelitis

Question 2

What causes septicemia

Answer 2

Direct inoculation of an opportunistic pathogen into the blood

Question 3

What bacteria causes Endocarditis

Answer 3

Strep. spp (Gram +)

E. Coli (Gram -)

Question 4

What bacteria that causes Endocarditis is associated with Colon cancer

Answer 4

Strep. Bovis

Question 5

What Bacteria causes Rheumatic Fever/Heart Disease

Answer 5

Strep Pyogens

Question 6

Who is most at risk of getting Rheumatic Fever

Answer 6

Children 5-15 years old

Question 7

What do most children that have Rheumatic Fever experience first

Answer 7

Strep throat or scarlet fever

Question 8

What is the common name for Brucellosis

Answer 8

Undulant Fever

Question 9

What bacteria causes Brucellosis

Answer 9

Brucella melitensis

Question 10

How does one get Brucellosis

Answer 10

Contact with contaminated/infected Dairy products or animal parts

Question 11

What animals is Brucellosis found

Answer 11

Sheep and goats

Question 12

What bacteria causes Tularemia

Answer 12

Francisella tularensis

Question 13

What is the vector of Tularemia

Answer 13

Infected Tick

Question 14

What category of bioterrorism is Tularemia

Answer 14

Cat A

Question 15

What is Tularemia also known as

Answer 15

Rabbit fever

Question 16

What is a tell all symptom of the Plague

Answer 16

Buboes

Question 17

What bacteria causes Plague (bubonic)

Answer 17

Yersinia pestis

Question 18

What is the vector of the plague

Answer 18

Flea bite

Question 19

What are Buboes

Answer 19

Swollen painful lymph nodes

Question 20

What is the difference between Pneumonic and bubonic plague

Answer 20

pneumonic = pulmonary distress, no vector, no buboes

Question 21

How is Pneumonic plague transmitted

Answer 21

Person to person via aerosols and sputum

Question 22

What is a tell all symptom of lyme disease

Answer 22

Bulls eye rash

Question 23

What causes lyme disease

Answer 23

Borrelia burgdorferi

Question 24

What is the vector of Lyme disease

Answer 24

Tick

Question 25

What bacteria causes Relapsing fever

Answer 25

Borrelia recurrentis | Various Borrelia

Question 26

What is the vector that causes recurrent fever via Borrelia recurrentis

Answer 26

Human body louse

Question 27

What is the vector that causes recurrent fever via Various Borrelia

Answer 27

Soft ticks

Question 28

What bacteria causes Endemic Relapsing fever

Answer 28

Various borrelia

Question 29

What causes Louse-born relapsing fever

Answer 29

Human body louse

Question 30

What are the symptoms of Mono

Answer 30

Sore throat Swollen lymph nodes Fatigue Enlarged spleen

Question 31

What causes Mono

Answer 31

HHV-4 (epstein-barr virus)

Question 32

What is the mode of transmission for Mono

Answer 32

Saliva

Question 33

What causes Cytomegalovirus infection

Answer 33

HHV-5 (cytomegalovirus)

Question 34

What are symptoms of Cytomegalovirus infection

Answer 34

Birth defects Mono like symptoms eye infection

Question 35

What is one of the most common opportunistic infections of AIDS patients that was discussed in class

Answer 35

Cytomegalovirus (HHV-5)

Question 36

What causes Yellow fever

Answer 36

Yellow fever virus

Question 37

What are tell all symptoms of Yellow fever

Answer 37

Stage 2 - Jaundice, black vomit

Question 38

What is the vector of Yellow fever

Answer 38

Mosquito

Question 39

What causes Dengue Fever

Answer 39

Dengue Virus

Question 40

What is another name for Dengue fever

Answer 40

Break-bone fever

Question 41

What is the vector of Dengue fever

Answer 41

Mosquito

Question 42

What percent of people with Dengue fever are asymptomatic

Answer 42

80%

Question 43

What causes Dengue Hemorrhagic fever

Answer 43

Dengue virus

Question 44

What form of dengue fever can kill people

Answer 44

Dengue hemorrhagic fever

Question 45

What can cause Ebola Hemorrhagic fever

Answer 45

Ebola virus

Question 46

What causes Marburg Hemorrhagic fever

Answer 46

Marburg virus

Question 47

How is Ebola and Marbug hemorrhagic fever transmitted

Answer 47

Person to Person

Question 48

What percent of people in africa die that have either Ebola or Marburg Hemorrhagic fever

Answer 48

90%