Francisella Tularensis - Tularaemia

Question 1

Francisella tularensis can cause epidemics among slaughterhouse workers

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Hunters can be infected with Francisella tularensis during skinning of wild hares

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Tularaemia is an occupational disease

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Focal infection and necrosis can be seen in the parenchymal organs in the case of tularaemia

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Clinical signs of tularaemia are mainly seen in cattle

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The causative agent of tularaemia is Francisella tularensis

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Tularaemia can be found mainly on the southern hemisphere

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Slide agglutination test cannot be used in the serodiagnostics od Tularaemia

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Ticks are true vectors of tularaemia

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Mouse inoculation is a frequently used method during isolation of Francisella tularensis from
pathological samples

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Clinical signs of tularaemia can be seen only in hares

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Tularaemia is a fast and acute disease in mice

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Tularemia does not occur in Europe

Answer 13

False

Question 14

The reservoir host of the agent of tularemia is the hare

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The agent of tularemia can be transmitted by ticks, mosquitoes and other blood sucking arthropods

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Francisella tularensis is a fastidious bacterium species which needs special medium for propogation

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Rabbit is not susceptible to Francisella tularensis

Answer 17

False

True -> rabbit not susceptible

Question 18

Francisella tularensis is a soil microorganism

Answer 18

False

True? Found in soil

Question 19

Francisella tularensis causes chronic infection in wild hare

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Francisela tularensis subsp. Tularensis occurs in America

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The agent of tularaemia can be transmitted by ticks

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Europe is free from Tularaemia

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Tularaemia can occur only in hares

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Tularaemia is a zoonosis

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Only hares are suscpetible to the agent of Tularaemia

Answer 25

False

Question 26

European Brown Hare is the reservoirs of the agent of tularaemia in Europe

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Francisella tularemia in humans is frequently caused through skin wounds

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Tularaemia affects only sheep in Hungary

Answer 28

False

Question 29

Ticks have an important role in transmission of tularaemia

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Tularemia occurs only in America

Answer 30

False

Question 31

Tularemia occurs frequently in hares

Answer 31

True

Question 32

Francisella tularensis ssp. holartica is highly virulent

Answer 32

False

Question 33

Francisella is a facultative pathogen

Answer 33

True

Question 34

Francis blood agar can be used for its isolation

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Tularaemia will cause more severe disease in lagomorph and rodents

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Hunters can contract tularemia whilst skinning the animal

Answer 36

True

Question 37

Tularaemia causes severe clinical signs in susceptible animals

Answer 37

True

Question 38

Tube agglutination is the best way to diagnose tularaemia

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Encephalitis is the main clinical sign of tularemia in humans

Answer 39

False

Question 40

There are differences in the virulence of the causative agents of tularemia

Answer 40

True

Question 41

Septicemia is part of the pathogenesis of tularemia

Answer 41

True

Question 42

Mosquitoes are involved in spreading of tularemia

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis is in Europe

Answer 43

False

Question 44

Hares spread the bacteria Francisella with urine

Answer 44

True

Question 45

Ticks play a role in maintaining the presence of tularaemia

Answer 45

True

Question 46

Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica is the causative agent of tularaemia in Europe

Answer 46

True

Question 47

European brown hare is the reservoir of the agent of tularaemia in Europe

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Only hares are susceptible to the agent of tularaemia

Answer 48

False

Question 49

Tularaemia is a zoonosis

Answer 49

True

Question 50

Hamsters and mice are very susceptible to the agent of tularaemia

Answer 50

True

Question 51

Ticks can transmit the agent of tularaemia

Answer 51

True

Question 52

Sheep are regularly vaccinated to prevent tularaemia in Europe

Answer 52

False

Question 53

Tularaemia is not a zoonosis

Answer 53

False

Question 54

The agent of tularaemia is transmitted only by ticks

Answer 54

False

Question 55

There are virulence variants of Francisella tularensis

Answer 55

True

Question 56

Slide agglutination test is used to recognize tularaemia infection in live animals

Answer 56

True

Question 57

Farm animals in Europe are widely vaccinated against tularaemia

Answer 57

False

Question 58

Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis is the most frequent subspecies of the agent in Europe

Answer 58

False

Question 59

Brown hares are susceptible to tularaemia

Answer 59

True

Question 60

Tularaemia can be frequently seen in cattle in Europe

Answer 60

False

Question 61

Francisella tularensis can infect humans

Answer 61

True