Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

Question 1

Which does not have an increasing trend?
A. typhoid
B. poliomyelitis
C. cholera
D. AIDS

Answer 1

B

Question 2

How did humans get infected with Lassa fever?

Answer 2

through animals who got displaced due to food search, right after deforestation or climate change

Question 3

cause of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome + identify if emerging/re-emerging

Answer 3

Sin Nombre Hantavirus

Emerging

Question 4

usual reservoir host of Hantavirus

Answer 4

rodent

Question 5

epidemic kidney disease c/o Puumala strain of Hantavirus

Answer 5

Nephropathia epidemica

Question 6

Which is not a zoonosis?
A.Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
B.Ebola virus
C.Borrelia burgdorferi
D.Rubella virus

Answer 6

D

Question 7

origin of SARS Coronavirus

Answer 7

Hong Kong

Question 8

possible deliberate release of infectious agents by dissident individuals or terrorist groups

Answer 8

Bioterrorism

Question 9

mechanism for combating int’l disease outbreaks, c/o WHO. ensure rapid deployment of technical assistance, contribute to long-term epidemic preparedness and capacity building

Answer 9

Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network

Question 10

Family of Ebola virus

Answer 10

Filoviridae

Question 11

True or False: Ebola virus has a chronic carrier state.

Answer 11

False. All its infections are acute.

Question 12

Ebola virus was first discovered in the __

Answer 12

Democratic Republic of Congo

Question 13

Which Ebola virus subspecies came from monkeys in the Philippines?

Answer 13

Reston virus

Question 14

likely reservoir host of Ebola

Answer 14

bats

Question 15

Which is not a mode of transmission for Ebola?
A.direct contact with blood of infected individual
B.close contact
C.nosocomial transmission
D.orofecal

Answer 15

D

Question 16

Which is false?
A. Clinical diagnosis is difficult in newly infected persons due to non-specificity of organisms.
B. There is a drug against Ebola virus that is being sold in the market.
C. Most, if not all, Ebola cases are in Africa.

Answer 16

B

drug still on trial

Question 17

Enumerate three barrier nurse techniques for Ebola prevention

Answer 17

PPE wearing
infection control measure use
isolation of Ebola HF patients from contact with unprotected persons

Question 18

Which is the least accurate method of diagnosis for Ebola?
A. PCR
B. Virus isolation
C. ClInical
D. IgM ELISA

Answer 18

C

Question 19

What does MERS-CoV stand for?

Answer 19

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus

Question 20

genus of MERS-CoV

Answer 20

Betacoronavirus

Question 21

former name of MERS-CoV

Answer 21

Novel coronavirus

Question 22

MERS-CoV has strong tropism for what cells?

Answer 22

nonciliated bronchial epithelial cells

Question 23

enumerate natural animal reservoir host of MERS-CoV

Answer 23

Egyptian tomb bat

Camels

Question 24

MERS-CoV main mode of transmission

Answer 24

inhalational

Question 25

genome of Ebola virus

Answer 25

negative single stranded RNA

Question 26

How many structural proteins does Ebola virus have?

Answer 26

7

Question 27

Enumerate immune system mediators of Ebola virus

Answer 27

antibody FcR C1q lectin

Question 28

causative agent of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome

Answer 28

Hantaan virus

Question 29

Hantaan and Sin Nombre virus are types of __

Answer 29

Hantavirus

Question 30

Which has higher mortality, Hantaan virus or Sin Nombre virus?

Answer 30

Sin Nombre

Question 31

family of Hantavirus

Answer 31

Bunyaviridae

Question 32

``` Which is not a property of Hantavirus? A.arthropod-borne B.enveloped virus C.helical ssRNA that is segmented D.viral envelope derived from plasma membrane ```

Answer 32

A rodent-borne dapat

Question 33

these molecules in Hantavirus may cause pulmonaary edema in the lungs

Answer 33

Beta 3 integrins

Question 34

enumerate the genes encoded by Hantavirus

Answer 34

nucleocapsid glycoproteins G1 and G2 RNA Dep RNA polymerase Coiled Domain of Sin Nombre Virus

Question 35

most common mode of transmission for Hantavirus

Answer 35

inhalation of aerosolized urine, feces and saliva

Question 36

false about Hantavirus A.zoonotic B.stable even when exposed to UV light C.more common in the rainy days

Answer 36

B labile at UV light

Question 37

Lyme disease vector

Answer 37

Black legged ticks

Question 38

Prion diseases cause ___

Answer 38

spongiform encelopathy

Question 39

Ebola and Marburg viruses belong to __ family

Answer 39

Filovirus

Question 40

Lassa virus belongs to __ family

Answer 40

Arenavirus