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Set 26 Epidemiology/Diseases Flashcards

1
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What is the United States Public Health Service?

A

national public health agency

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What is the Center For Disease Control?

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epidemiological studies, disease prevention, immunization schedules, work with international public health organizations

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What is the World Health Organization?

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coordinates efforts to improve public health

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What is the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry?

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reviews reports of public health assessment before info disclosed to public

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5
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What is the National Priorities List?

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Special US EPA list of national hazardous waste sites

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6
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What is the Department of Health?

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chiropractic license, infected meat, food recalls

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What is the Department of Environment Protection?

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protects air, water, and land

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What is the Public Health Department?

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serves health needs, especially underprivileged

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9
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What is commensalism?

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one benefits and the other doesn’t care

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10
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What foods does staph occur in?

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gram +, custard, egg, tuna, 2-4 hrs

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What foods does botulism occur in?

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gram +, improperly canned, smoked fish, 18-26 hrs

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12
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What foods does Listeria occur in?

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gram +, unpasturized dairy, hot dogs, lunch meats, 2 weeks

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What foods does E coli occur in?

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gram -, 0157:H7, undercooked meat, vegetables, fruit exposed to fecal, 2 days

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What foods does salmonella occur in?

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gram -, poultry, meats and eggs, 12-48 hrs

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What foods does shigella occur in?

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gram -, foods and water, 1-2 days

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16
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What foods does cholera occur in?

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gram -, seafood and water, 1-5 days

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17
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What foods does francisella tularensis occur in?

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gram -, undercooked meat, few hrs to 3 weeks

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18
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What foods does mycobacterium bovis occur in?

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raw milk, can get TB, months to years

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What is an arbovirus?

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virus spread by arthropods

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20
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What viruses are spread by mosquitos?

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eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis, west nile, st. louis encephalitis, california encephalitis, rift valley fever, dengue fever, and yellow fever

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What are the symptoms of eastern equine encephalitis?

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sudden fever, severe headache, seizures, coma, 50% die

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What are the symptoms of western equine encephalitis?

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fever, headache, stiff neck, vomitting, 3% die

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What are the symptoms of west nile?

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fever, headache, can cause encephalitis

24
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What are the symptoms of st. louis encephalitis?

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fever, headache, encephalitis, mostly elderly affected

25
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What are the symptoms of california encephalitis?

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fever, headache, abdominal pain, and encephalitis

26
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What are the symptoms of rift valley fever?

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causes bleeding and encephalitis

27
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What are the symptoms of dengue fever?

A

fever, rash, and headache (dengue triangle)

28
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What are the symptoms of yellow fever?

A

fever, headache and nose bleeds

29
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What are the diseases spread by ticks?

A

colorado tick fever, lyme disease, and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

30
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What are the symptoms of Colorado tick fever?

A

fever, headache, chills eye pain

31
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What are the symptoms of lyme disease?

A

bulls eye rash

32
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What are the symptoms of Rocky Mountain Spotted fever?

A

rash on hands and feet

33
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What does nosocomial mean?

A

hospital born

34
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What does zoonosis mean?

A

animals

35
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What does eukaryotic mean?

A

fungus

36
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What does fomite mean?

A

inanimate, causes dx

37
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What does procaryotic mean?

A

bacteria

38
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What is hanta virus?

A

dried rat feces

39
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What are the re-emerging diseases?

A

TB, Small pox, Malaria, and Mumps

40
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What is on the Biodefense List, Category A?

A

Anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia, viral hemorrhagic fevers, arenaviruses(Lassa fever), bunya viruses(Hanta), Flaviruses (dengue), Filoviruses (ebola)

41
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What are some other emerging diseases?

A

norovirus, avian influenza, scrub typhus, nipah fever, lyssa virus, and chandipura virus

42
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What are the symptoms of norovirus?

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aka Norwalk virus, 67% of all known foodborne illness in the US, fecal/oral or person to person, common in salad, sandwiches, ice, cold cuts, and raw/undercooked oysters and clams. 1-2 days

43
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What are the symptoms of avian influenza?

A

H5N1, bird flu, complications and death

44
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What are the symptoms of scrub typhus?

A

tsutsugamashi fever, maculopapular rash

45
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What are the symptoms of nipah fever?

A

fatal, carried by pigs and bats, encephalitis, respiratory

46
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What are the symptoms of lyssa virus?

A

rabies-like, leads to death

47
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What are the symptoms of chandipura virus?

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encephalitis from mosquitos, high fever, death

48
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Turkish pine nuts:

A

salmonella

49
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Jensen Farms Cantaloupes:

A

Listeria

50
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Ground turkey:

A

salmonella

51
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papayas:

A

salmonella

52
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Alfalfa and spicy sprouts:

A

salmonella

53
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turkey burgers:

A

salmonella

54
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lebanon bologna:

A

E coli

55
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Del Monte Cantaloupe:

A

salmonella

56
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Hazelnuts:

A

E Coli

NBCE Part 1 (40 decks)

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