Adenovirus Respiratory Tract Infections

Question 1

Adenoviruses respiratory tract infections

Question 2

symptoms and signs

Answer 2

a. fever
b. runny nose
c. sore throat
d. pus on tonsils , throat
e. swollen and tender neck lymph node
f. mild cough
g. can develop severe cough with chest pain

Question 3

Causative Agent

Answer 3

adenoviruses

Question 4

pathogenosis

Answer 4

a. multiplies in epithelial cells
b. severe infections:
(1) cell destruction
(2) inflammation

Question 5

characteristic

Answer 5

b. commonly infect schoolchildren
c. asymptomatic infections common

Question 6

transmission:

Answer 6

(1) inhalation
(2) fomites
(3) fecal-oral route

fecal-oral route :
the germs that cause illness are found in the stool (feces) of an infected person, and are spread to another person.
This occurs when a person touches the stool of an infected person or an object contaminated with the stool of an infected person and ingests the germ

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fecal-oral route / contaminated

Question 7

Prevention

Answer 7

a. vaccine for military recruits
b. handwashing
c. avoiding crowds

Question 8

incubation period

Answer 8

5-10