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Semester 2 Minimum Questions Flashcards

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List two causative agent of dermatomycosis.

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Trichopyton sp., Microsporum sp., Epidermophyton sp.

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What can JC and BK viruses cause? (1 example)

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JC: progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML); BK: haemorrhagic cystitis and nephropathy

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How can chickenpox prevented?

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By vaccine (live attenuated)

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What can VZV (Varicella Zooster virus) cause?

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Chickenpox and shingles

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Which protozoon can cause prostatitis?

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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Which helminth can cause protein deficiency (Kwashiorkor syndrome)?

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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How can be treated the infection caused by Enterobius vermicularis?

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Mebendazole

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Which fungus can cause subcutaneous mycosis?

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Sporothrix shenkii

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What kind of diseases can be caused by dermatophytes? (3 example)?

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Tinea pedis, T. manus, T. capitis, T. corporis, T. faciei, T barbae.

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What is the cultivation temperature of the fungi?

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25°C and 37°C to detect the dimorphism.

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What is the causative agent of fish tapeworm disease?

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Diphyllobothrium latum

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What are the symptoms of balantidiasis?

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Dysentery with abdominal pain, tenesmus

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Classification of the helminths by morphology?

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Flatworms: flukes and tapeworms; roundworms

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What are the most characteristic properties of the flukes (3 example)?

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They are short, flat, leaf shaped, hermaphrodites, have developed digestive system

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How can be diagnosed the infection caused by Enterobius vermicularis?

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By sticky tape or Scotch tape

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16
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What can HHV-7 cause?

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Encephalitis, flaccid paralysis, hepatitis, gastritis, lymphadenopathy, diarrhea, pityriasis rosea

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17
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How can spread the Chagas disease?

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By the faeces of the kissing bug during the bite

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18
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What is the treatment of toxoplasmosis?

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Spiramycin, pyrimethamine combined with sulphonamide

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List two members of Flaviviruses.

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Yellow-fever virus, Dengue-fever virus, tick born encephalitis virus, Zika-virus.

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List two diseases caused by prions

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Kuru, fatal familiar insomnia, Creutzfeldt–Jacob-syndrome, bovine spongiform encephalitis

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21
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What kind of staining can be used in mycology? (2 example)

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Gram-, methylene blue-, India ink-, PAS-, Gömöri-Grocott staining.

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22
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What are the properties of the cyst?

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Is responsible for surviving in unfavourable environment, not showing biochemical activity is a dormant structure

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23
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What is the intermediate host of Taenia saginata?

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Cattle

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What is the treatment of the Trichinella infection?

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Mebendazole and albendazole can act only on intestinal helminths

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25
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How can the sleeping sickness spread?

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By the bite of tsetse fly

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What kind of disease can be caused by adenoviruses (3 examples)?

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Pharyngitis, pneumonia, pertussis syndrome, pharyngoconjuctival fever, acute haemorrhagic cystitis, gastroenteritis

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27
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How can Hepatitis B virus spread?

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By parenteral way, by sexual contact or perinatal

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28
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How can the protozoa be classified?

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By the type of movement: amoeba, ciliate, flagellate and sporozoa

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29
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Prevention of malaria by chemoprophylaxis?

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Chloroquine, mefloquine, doxycycline

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30
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Which helminth can cause paralytic ileus?

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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31
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What can CMV (Cytomegalovirus) cause?

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Hepatitis, pancreatitis, pneumonitis, nephritis, myocarditis, encephalitis,
chorioretinitis, oesophagitis, colitis, congenital infections

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32
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What are the causative agent of Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)?

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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, Trypanosoma brucei rhodensiense

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33
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What kind of diseases can be caused by Cryptosporidium parvum?

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Watery diarrhea which lasts to 1-2 week

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34
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What is the treatment of taeniasis?

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Niclosamide, mebendazole

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Which helminth can cause itchiness in anus?

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Enterobius vermicularis

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What is the causative agent of lymphatic filariasis, elephantiasis?

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Wuchereria bancrofti

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37
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What kind of diseases can be caused by low-risk group papillomaviruses?

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Condyloma acuminatum, warts

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Characterisation of the dimorphic fungus

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They grow like moulds at room temperature and grow like yeast at body temperature.

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39
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What does arbovirus mean?

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Arthropod-borne viruses

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40
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List three causative agent of opportunistic mycosis.

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Candida sp, Cryptococcus neoformans, Pneumocystis jirovecii, Aspergillus sp.,
Penicillium sp., Mucor sp., Rhizopus sp.

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41
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What is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis?

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Naegleria fowleri.

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42
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How can Mumpsvirus spread and what are the symptoms?

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By respiratory droplets.

Symptoms are: inflammation of salivary gland, pancreatitis, orchitis, deafness

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How can malaria be diagnosed

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Blood: thick film, thin film stained by Giemsa, IF, PCR

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44
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What is the treatment of HIV infection?

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By combination of nucleotide analogue and protease inhibitors

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45
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How can parvoviruses spread?

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By respiratory droplets

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46
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What kind of diseases can be caused by high-risk group papillomaviruses?

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Cervix cancer, tumour in oral cavity

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47
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How can Influenza viruses spread and what can cause (3 examples)?

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By respiratory droplets.
Symptoms: high fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache,
sometimes-gastrointestinal symptoms.

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What is the most common intermediate host of the flukes?

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water snail

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49
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Which protozoa can spread by the bite of sand fly?

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Leishmania sp.

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What kind of helminthic infection can spread from carnivore animals to humans?

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Trichinella spiralis

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51
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What are the symptoms of malaria (4 symptoms)?

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Periodic high fever, chills, head ache pain in joints and muscle, anaemia, hepato and
splenomegaly, kidney failure

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52
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In which population can Toxoplasma cause serious disease?

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In pregnant women and in immunocompromised population

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53
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What is the treatment of giardiasis?

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Metronidazole

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54
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How can leishmaniosis diagnose?

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Giemsa-staining of biopsied material

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55
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How can rabies prevented?

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By vaccine administered post exposure

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56
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Treatment of balantidiasis?

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Metronidazole, tetracycline

57
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Which helminths can suck blood?

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Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus

58
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What is the treatment of the infection caused by Ancylostoma and Necator?

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Mebendazole, albendazole

59
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How can Caliciviruses spread and what can cause?

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By fecal oral route, by contaminated water, by aerosol.

Can cause diarrhea vomiting.

60
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What are the symptoms of paragonimiasis?

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Night sweats, fever, bloody sputum, chest pain, pleuritis, bronchopneumonia

61
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How can Hepatitis C virus spread?

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By parenteral way, by blood, by tattooing

62
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What are the properties of the trophozoite?

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Can move, feed, multiply and die

63
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How can HTLV-1 spread?

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By sexual contact, by blood and transplacental or by breast-feeding

64
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What kind of diseases can be caused by fungi?

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Allergic reactions, intoxications, mycosis (tissue damage of fungi).

65
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What is the final host of Toxoplasma gondii?

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Cats

66
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How can Hepatitis E virus spread and what can cause?

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By contaminated water, by raw pig and boar meat, rarely by blood transfusion and transplacental. Can cause acute hepatitis.

67
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What kind of culture media can be used to cultivate fungi?

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Sabouraud culture media.

68
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How can Morbillivirus spread and what can cause?

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By respiratory droplets and can cause measles with exanthemas and Koplic spots

69
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What is the treatment of filariasis?

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Diethylcarbamazin

70
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How can the hydatid cysts treated?

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By albendazole or surgical removing

71
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What is the treatment of Chagas disease?

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Nifurtimox, the chronic stage is untreatable

72
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How can Hymenolepis nana infection treated?

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Niclosamide

73
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What can HHV2 (Herpes simplex virus 2) cause?

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Genital herpes, neonatal herpes, encephalitis

74
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What kind of complication may develop during measles?

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Pneumonia, encephalitis and SSPE: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

75
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How can Hepatitis A virus spread?

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By fecal oral route, by contaminated food or water

76
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What is the treatment of sleeping sickness?

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Suramin, melarsoprol

77
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How can Dengue-fever virus spread?

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By mosquito bite

78
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What can Entamoeba histolytica cause?

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Amoebic dysentery, liver, lung and brain abscess

79
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What is the causative agent of Chagas diseases?

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Trypansoma cruzi

80
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How can malaria spread?

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By the bite of Anopheles mosquito, transpalcental and by transfusion

81
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What are the source of the infection caused by dermatophytes?

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Anthropophilic – human,
geophilic – soil,
zoophilic – animal

82
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What can HHV-6 cause?

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Encephalitis, pneumonitis, chorioretinitis, exanthema subitum or roseola infantum

83
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Which flukes can live in the intestinal venules?

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Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum

84
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List two Trichophyton species.

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Trichphyton rubrum, T. verrucosum, T. schonleinii, T. tonsurans

85
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List three causative agent of systemic mycosis.

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Coccidioides immitis, Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Paracoccidoides immitis

86
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What can Coxsackie A and B viruses cause?

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A: herpangina, hand-foot-mouth disease, acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis
B: pleurodynia or Bronholm disease, myocarditis, pancreatitis

87
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What kind of human diseases can be caused by Taenia solium? (2 example)

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Tape worm infection and cysticercus cellulosae

88
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What is the treatment of diphyllobothriasis?

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Niclosamide

89
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What is the causative agent of amoebic keratitis?

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Acanthamoeba castellani.

90
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How can Molluscum contagiosum virus spread and what can cause?

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By direct contact and cause benign tumour of the skin

91
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What is the treatment of cryptosporidiosis?

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Oral rehydration

92
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Treatment of leishmaniosis?

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Stibogluconate in combination with g-IFN and amphotericin-B

93
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How can Balantidium coli spread?

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By fruits, vegetable contaminated by pig manure or by faecal oral route

94
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What is the most common causative agent of superficial mycosis?

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Malassezia furfur

95
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How can elephantiasis spread?

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By mosquito bite

96
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What is the causative agent of amoebic dysentery?

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Entamoeba histolytica

97
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What is the treatment of malaria?

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Chloroquine, mefloquine and artemisin, hypnozoites by primaquine

98
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Which protozoon can spread by sexual contact?

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Trichomonas vaginalis

99
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Classification the fungi by morphology?

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Unicellular or yeast, multicellular or mould and dimorphic

100
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Classification of the mycosis?

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Superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, systemic, and opportunistic mycosis.

101
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What is the treatment of schstosomiasis?

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Praziquantel

102
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What can HHV-8 cause?

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Kaposi-sarcoma, lymphoma

103
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List at least two asexual spore type.

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Conidia, Spherule, Arthrospore, Blastopore

104
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Which helminth can appear in subconjunctival region?

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Loa-loa

105
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How can HHV1 and HHV2 infections treated?

A

Acyclovir

106
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Which fluke can live in the bladder venules?

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Schistosoma haematobium

107
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Mode of action of the antifungal drugs?

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Inhibition of ergosterin synthesis, pore formation on membrane, inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis, inhibition of cell division

108
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What are the fungal cell components (3 example)?

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Cytoplasmic membrane with ergosterin, cell wall build up by chitin, glucan, or cellulose.

109
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What is the intermediate host of Taenia solium?

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Pig

110
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What can Poliovirus cause?

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Aseptic meningitis, poliomyelitis, post-polio syndrome

111
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What is the causative agent of fascioliasis?

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Fasciola hepatica

112
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What kind of disease can be caused by parvoviruses (3 examples)?

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Erythema infectiosum, hydrops fetalis, aplastic anaemia

113
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Which vitamin deficiency can cause by Diphyllobothrium latum?

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The lack of B12 vitamin

114
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Which helminth can cause river blindness and elephant skin?

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Onchocerca volvulus

115
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What kind of disease can be caused by Leishmania sp.?

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Cutan, mucocutan and visceral leishmaniosis

116
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What is the diagnosis of trichinellosis?

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Serology from blood

117
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Prevention of malaria by vaccine?

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Available vaccine since 2018 against Plasmodium falciparum. The content of the vaccine is a fusion protein.

118
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What can Rhinoviruses cause?

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Sore throat, running nose, coughing

119
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Which helminth can cause diarrhoea by prolapses of rectum?

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Trichuris trichiura

120
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Which population is at risk during the Rubella virus infection?

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Pregnant women because can cause in utero infections (congenital rubella syndrome)

121
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How can Hepatitis B virus infection treated?

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By interferon and nucleotide analogues

122
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What are the development stages of the protozoa?

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Trophozoite and cyst

123
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List two Candida species.

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Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, C. krusei, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis.

124
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How can spread the causative agent of yellow fever?

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By mosquito bite from human to human or from monkey to human.

125
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What is the causative agent of rabies?

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Lyssa virus

126
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What is the treatment of paragonimiasis?

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praziquantel or bithionol

127
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What kind of specimen can be used to diagnose the Toxocara infection?

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Blood for serology

128
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What are the content (2 example) of Sabouraud culture media?

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Antifungal agents against environmental moulds, carbohydrates, antibiotics.

129
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What can EBV (Epstein-Barr virus) cause?

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Mononucleosis infectiosa, Burkitt lymphoma, nasopharingeal carcinoma, oral hairy leukoplakia. (Also HL)

130
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What is the causative agent of the lung fluke disease?

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Paragonimus westermani

131
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List two amoebas.

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Entamoaeba sp., Acantamoeba sp., Naegleria sp.

132
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How can Rotaviruses spread and what can cause?

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By fecal oral route and can cause diarrhea and vomiting

133
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Which helminths can develop hydatid cysts?

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Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis

134
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What are the blood flukes?

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Schistosoma mansoni, S. japonicum, S. haematobium

135
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What kind of human disease can be caused by Toxocara canis?

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Visceral larva migrans and ocular larva migrans syndrome

136
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What is the treatment of fascioliasis?

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Bithionol or triclabendazole

137
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Which protozoa can cause steatorrhea?

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Giardia lamblia

138
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What can HHV1 (Herpes simplex virus 1) cause?

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Herpes labialis, herpes simplex dermatitis, eczema herpeticum, herpes gladiatorum, herpetic whitlow

139
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What are the symptoms of sleeping sickness?

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Lethargy, meningoencephalitis, dementia, somnolence, coma

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