Week 14

Question 1

all of the following are associated with subacute endocarditis, except

Answer 1

it is caused by immune system autoantibodies that attack heart and valve tissue

Question 2

brucellosis is

Answer 2

• a zoonosis
• seen in the patient as a fluctuating fever, with headache, muscle pain, and weakness
• associated with pathogen in the blood
• an occupational illness of people that work with animals

Question 3

pasteurization of milk helps to prevent

Answer 3

brucellosis

Question 4

rabbits and rodents are the reservoirs of the causative agent of

Answer 4

tularemia

Question 5

yersinia pestitis

Answer 5

is usually transmitted by a flea vector

Question 6

all of the following are associated with bubonic plague except

Answer 6

it is transmitted by human feces

Question 7

which of the following is not transmitted via an arthropod vector

Answer 7

ebola

Question 8

the causative agent of lyme disease is

Answer 8

borrelia burgdorferi

Question 9

erythema migrans, a bulls-eye rash, at the portal of entry is associated with

Answer 9

lyme disease

Question 10

lyme disease involves

Answer 10

• early symptoms of fever, headache, stiff neck
• crippling polyarthritis and cardiovascular and neurological problems
• people having contact with wooded or forested areas
• treatment with antimicrobials

Question 11

chagas disease involves transmission of the pathogen by the

Answer 11

“kissing” bug

Question 12

schistosomiasis involves

Answer 12

• waterfowl and snails
• eggs from humans enter water and develop into miracidium
• snails allow development into cercaria
• cercariae burrow through skin and pass to the blood and then the liver

Question 13

epstein-barr virus has the following characteristics, except:

Answer 13

it infects the respiratory epithelium

Question 14

all arboviruses involve

Answer 14

arthropod vectors

Question 15

yellow fever and Dengue fever are

Answer 15

caused by arboviruses