PSM Flashcards
Incubation period of plasmodium vivax is
10-14 days
Anti malaria month:
JUNE
Most sensitive index of recent transmission of malaria is
Infant parasite rate
causative organism for Malaria
Plasmodium
Malaria is transmitted by
Female anopheles mosquito
Best determinant index of recent transmission of malaria
Infant parasite rate
Carrier state is not important in transmission of
Measles
Yaws
(a) Caused by Treponema pertenue
(b) Transmitted non-venerally
(c) Secondary Yaws can involve bones
Tetracycline is used in the prophylaxis of:
Cholera
Maternal antibodies do not occur for:
Whooping cough
Brucellosis is transmitted by:
(a) Cattle
(b) Camel
(c) Sheep
Arboviral infection
Chikungunya fever
Maternal antibodies are present in the newborn against diseases
Diphtheria
Tetanus
Measles
not against :Pertussis
Subclinical infection is seen in
Mumps
Poliomyelitis
Rubella
Not seen in Measles
Scabies treatment(s) include:
Gammexene
Prophylaxis for anthrax
Doxycycline
Isolation period
(a) Chicken pox – 6 days after onset of rash
(b) Herpes zoster – 6 days after onset of rash
(c) Measles – up to 3 days after onset of rash
Lyme disease is transmitted by:
Tick
Tick borne relapsing fever is caused by
Borellia hermsii
Viral hemorrhagic fever not seen in India is
Yellow fever
Man is dead end for
Rabies, tetanus
Carrier state is not seen in
Measles
Sub acute-Sclerosing pan – encephalitis (SSP(E) is caused by:
Measles
Pleomorphism is seen in:
Chickenpox
