Types of Infectious Diseases

Question 1

Disease: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Organism:
MOT:

Answer 1

Organism: Human immune deficiency virus (HIV)

MOT: sexual; percutaneous; perinatal

Question 2

Anthrax

Answer 2

Organism: Bacillus anthracis

MOT: airborne; contact; ingestion

Question 2

Chickenpox

Answer 2

Organism: Varicella zoster

MOT: airborne; contact

Question 2

Hand, food, and mouth disease

Answer 2

Organism: Coxsackievirus

MOT: direct contact w/ nose and throat secretions and w/ feces of infected people

Question 2

Chancroid

Answer 2

Organism: Haemophilis ducreyi

MOT: Sexual

Question 2

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Answer 2

Organism: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

MOT: droplet or contact (principal); aerosolized

Question 3

Gonorrhea

Answer 3

Organism: Neisseria gonorrhoeae

MOT: sexual; perinatal

Question 3

Diarrheal disease (common causes)

Answer 3

Organism & MOT:

> Campylobacter species- ingestion of contaminated food

> Clostridioides difficile - fecal-oral

> Salmonella species - contaminated food/drink

> Shigella species - contaminated food/drink; direct contact w/ carrier

> Yersinia species - contaminated food/drink; direct contact w/ carrier

Question 3

Hookworm disease

Answer 3

Organism:

> Necator americanus
Ancylostoma dodenale

MOT: contact w/ soil contaminated w/ human feces

Question 3

Hepatitis (foodborne)

Answer 3

Organism:

> Hepatitis A
Hepatitis E

MOT: Ingestion of contaminated food/drink; direct contact w/ carrier

Question 3

Hepatitis (bloodborne)

Answer 3

Organism:
> Hepatitis B
> Hepatitis C

MOT: sexual; perinatal; percutaneous

Question 3

Cytomegalovirus infection

Answer 3

Organism: Cytomegalovirus

MOT: transfusion & transplantation; sexual; perinatal

Question 4

Ebola

Answer 4

Organism: Ebola virus

MOT: contact w/ blood or body fluid

Question 4

Legionnaires disease

Answer 4

Organism: Legionella pneumophila

MOT: airborne from water source

Question 5

Impertigo

Answer 5

Organism:

> Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pyogenes

MOT: contact w/ carrier or with patient’s soiled towels or combs

Question 5

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Answer 5

Organism: Sin Nombre virus

MOT: contact (direct/indirect) with rodents

Question 5

Meningococcal meningitis or bacteremia

Answer 5

Organism: Neisseria meningitidis

MOT: contact with pharyngeal secretions; airborne

Question 5

Lymphogranuloma venereum

Answer 5

Organism: Chlamydia trachomatis

MOT: sexual

Question 5

Herpes simplex

Answer 5

Organism: Human herpes viruses 1 and 2

MOT: contact w/ mucous membrane secretions

Question 5

Histoplasmosis

Answer 5

Organism: Histoplasma capsulatum

MOT: inhalation of airborne spores

Question 5

Influenza

Answer 5

Organism: Influenza virus A, B, or C

MOT: droplet spread

Question 5

Marburg hemorrhagic fever

Answer 5

Organism: Marburg virus

MOT: droplets & direct contact (person-person)

Question 5

Mycobacterial diseases (non-tuberculosis Mycobacterium species)

Answer 5

Organism:

> Mycobacterium avium
Mycobacterium kansasii
Mycobacterium gordonae
Mycobacterium speciies

MOT: Variable

Question 5

Lyme disease

Answer 5

Organism: Borrelia burgdorferi

MOT: tick bite

Question 6

Malaria

Answer 6

Organism: > Plasmodium vivax > Plasmodium falciparum > Plasmodium ovale MOT: bite from Anopheles mosquito

Question 7

Norovirus

Answer 7

Organism: Norovirus MOT: Fecal-oral food or water or by person-to-person spread

Question 8

Pediculosis

Answer 8

Organism: > Pediculus humanus capitis (head louse) > Pthiriasis pubis (crab louse) MOT: direct or indirect contact

Question 9

Pneumococcal pneumonia

Answer 9

Organism: Streptococcus pneumoniae MOT: droplet spread

Question 9

Rabies

Answer 9

Organism: Rabies virus MOT: bite from rabid animal

Question 9

Pertussis (whooping cough)

Answer 9

Organism: Bordetella pertussis MOT: contact w/ respiratory droplets

Question 9

Pinworm disease

Answer 9

Organism: Enterobius vermicularis MOT: direct contact w/ egg-contaminated articles

Question 10

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Answer 10

Organism: Pneumocystis jirovecii MOT: Unknown; not transmitted person-to-person

Question 10

Respiratory syncytial disease

Answer 10

Organism: Respiratory syncytial virus MOT: self-inoculation by mouth or nose after contact w/ infectious respiratory secretions

Question 11

Roseola infantum

Answer 11

Organism: Huma herpes virus 6 MOT: Saliva

Question 11

Rotavirus gastroenteritis

Answer 11

Organism: Rotavirus MOT: fecal-oral route

Question 12

Rubella

Answer 12

Organism: Rubella virus MOT: droplet spread; direct contact

Question 13

Scabies

Answer 13

Organism: Sarcoptes scabiei MOT: direct skin contact

Question 14

Smallpox

Answer 14

Organism: Variola major and minor MOT: airborne droplets and contact

Question 15

Syphilis

Answer 15

Organism: Treponema pallidum MOT: sexual;perinatal

Question 16

Tinea (ringworm)

Answer 16

Organism: > Microsporum species > Trichophyton species MOT: direct & indirect contact w/ lesions

Question 17

Tetanus

Answer 17

Organism: Clostridium tetani MOT: puncture wound

Question 18

Trichinosis

Answer 18

Organism: Trichinella spiralis MOT: ingestion of insufficiently cooked foods, especially pork and beef

Question 19

Tuberculosis

Answer 19

Organism: Mycobacterium tuberculosis MOT: airborne

Question 20

West Nile virus

Answer 20

Organism: West Nile virus MOT: Bite of infected mosquitoes; transfusions and transplants; perinatal

Question 21

Mononucleosis

Answer 21

Organism: Epstein-Barr virus MOT: contact w/ pharyngeal secretions