Infection- Infection in a connected world (tutorial) Flashcards
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a disease or condition regularly found among particular people or in a certain area is known as
a.endemic
b.epidemic
c.pandemic
d.sporadic
c.zoonosis
a.endemic
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time is known as
a.endemic
b.epidemic
c.pandemic
d.sporadic
c.zoonosis
b.epidemic
a disease prevalent across a whole country / the world is known as
a.endemic
b.epidemic
c.pandemic
d.sporadic
c.zoonosis
c.pandemic
a disease that occurs infrequently and irregularly
a.endemic
b.epidemic
c.pandemic
d.sporadic
c.zoonosis
d.sporadic
infectious disease spread from animals to humans
a.endemic
b.epidemic
c.pandemic
d.sporadic
c.zoonosis
c.zoonosis
lyme disease is caused by which spiral bacteria?
a.borrelia burgdorferi
b.yersinia pestis
c.plasmodium
d.flavivirus
a.borrelia burgdorferi
which of these diseases is spread by lxodes tics
a.plague
b.malaria
c.dengue
d.lyme disease
d.lyme disease
more common in summer
no person to person transmission
treated without lab tests
diagnosis - serology
which animals are commonly resevoirs of lyme disease
a.mice and deer
b.rabbitts and mice
c.pigs and cows
d.tics
a.mice and deer
what is the incubation period of lyme disease
a.1 week
b.2 days
c.3 weeks
d.4 months
a.1 week
fever , headache , muscle pain and lymphadenopathy are symptoms of which disease
a.malaria
b.lyme disease
c.dengue
d.plague
b.lyme disease
characteristic symptoms = erythema migrans rash at site of bite
at is the appearance of a erythema migrans rash characteristic of lyme disease
a.red circle , clears in the centre
b.small circles
c. body wide pink rash
a.red circle , clears in the centre
(around bite site)
plague is caused by which bacteria
a.borrelia burgdorferi
b.yersinia pestis
c.plasmodium
d.flavivirus
b.yersinia pestis
gram posiitve rod
what type of bacteria is yersina pestis (plague)
a.gram positive rod
b.gram positive cocci
c.gram negative rod
a.gram positive rod
what is the main resevoir for plague
a.mice and deer
b.rodents
c.tics
b.rodents
what is the vector of plague?
a.tics
b.mosquitoes
c.fleas
c.fleas
infected fleas biting the skin leads to buboes via swelling of which body part (termed bubonic plague)
a.skin
b.blood vessels
c.lymph nodes
d.glands
c.lymph nodes
pneumonia from haematogenous spread/ direct inhalation of organisms is known as
a.bubonic plague
b.septicaemic plague
c.pneumonic plague
c.pneumonic plague
rapid onset and high fatality
bacteraemia (bacteria in blood stream) from lymph is known as
a.bubonic plague
b.septicaemic plague
c.pneumonic plague
d.lymphatic plague
b.septicaemic plague
history taking of returning traveller
places and timing
activities
animal contact
symptoms details
targetted exam
always consider HIV, dengue , malaria
typhoid and malaria excluded with lab tests in all cases
what is malaria (plasmodium) spread by
a.mosquitoes
b.male anopheles mosquitoes
c.female anopholese mosquitoes
d.aedes species mosquitoes
c.female anopholese mosquitoes
p falciparum as the cause of malaria causes the …….. severe reaction
a.most
b.least
a.most
fever symptoms and may cause acute kidney ijury, anaemia, cerebral malaria
artemisinin containing drugs are the first line treatment for which disease
a.lyme
b.malaria
c.plague
d.dengue
b.malaria
ABCD prevention and management
which disease is caused by infection with 1/4 DENV serotypes of flavivurus
a.lyme
b.malaria
c.plague
d.dengue
d.dengue
distribution of which mosquitoes are associated with the global spread of dengue
a.mosquitoes
b.male anopheles mosquitoes
c.female anopholese mosquitoes
d.aedes species mosquitoes
d.aedes species mosquitoes
