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AFRME Guidelines & Case Definitions Flashcards

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What is the definition of the term “Medical Event Report” (MER)?

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The actual report containing information from the RME that is physically entered into the Disease Reporting System internet (DRSi)
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What is the definition of the term “Reportable Medical Event” (RME)?

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A medical event or condition mandatory for reporting.

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What is the definition of the term “Case Definition”?

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The specific clinical, laboratory, and other criteria that must be met for a disease or condition to be reportable.
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What are the three medical events that are NOT reported through DRSI?

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  1. HIV Infection 2. Healthcare-associated infections 3. Prevalent cases
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Which illness is caused by infection of the large intestine that is characterized by symptoms ranging from mild, chronic diarrhea to severe and sudden onset diarrhea containing mucus, blood, or both?

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Amoebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica)

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A culture with identified Brucella is indicative of what disease?

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Brucellosis

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Campylobacter is the causative agent of what disease?

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Camplobacteriosis

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Which disease causes high fever, severe arthralgia, arthritis, rash, headache, conjunctivitis, nausea, vomiting, and lymphopenia, with bilateral and symmetric joint symptoms?

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Chikungunya virus

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A C. Trachomatis positive antigen from any clinical specimen is indicative of what disease?

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Toxin producing V. Cholera 01 identified by culture from stool is indicative of what disease?

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Vibrio cholerae 01

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Which disease’s common name is “Valley Fever”?

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Coccidioidomycosis

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What are the three classes of cold weather injuries?

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Hypothermia, Freezing peripheral injuries, Non-freezing peripheral injuries
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Which illness is best characterized by diarrhea greater than 72 hours and anorexia?

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Cryptosporidiosis

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What disease can be identified by C. Cayetanesis from stool, intestinal fluid/aspirate or intestinal biopsy specimens?

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Cyclosporiasis

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A patient is a probable dengue virus case classification if they have a dengue positive IgM antibody from CSF and have recently received what vaccine?

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Flavivirus

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A patient is a confirmed diphtheria case classification if they have histopathologic identification of C. diptheriae tissue samples from what area of the body?

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Nose

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What disease’s common name is Verotixin E. coli?

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Shiga toxin producing infection

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E. Chaffeensis identified by culture from a clinical specimen is indicative of what disease?

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Ehrlichiosis

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What illness is characterized by small solid nodules beneath the skin that can be felt by touch, severe pruritis, pigmentation changes, and corneal opacities potentially leading to blindness?

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Onchocerciasis

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Microscopic identification of Giardia cysts from any clinical specimen is indicative of what disease?

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Giardiasis

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What disease is a probable result from microscopic identification of gram negative intracellular diplococci in a urethral smear obtained from a male?

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Gonorrhea

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Where would you obtain a culture if you’re trying to confirm Haemophilus influenzae?

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Normally sterile body site

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Korean hemorrhagic fever is the common name of what disease?

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Hantavirus

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Which is defined as the inability to continue physical activity due to competing demand for cardiac output between thermoregulation and metabolic requirements?

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Heat exhaustion

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Which illness is confirmed with VHF identification from blood or tissues?

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Viral hemorrhagic fever

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Which illness is described as an acute illness with a discrete onset of any of the following: fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or abdominal pain, AND elevated liver AST levels?

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Hepatitis A

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The acute version of which disease is characterized by a discreet onset of any of the following: fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or abdominal pain, AND elevated ALT levels >100 IU/L?

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Hepatitis B

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The acute version of which disease can be confirmed with a HCV positive antigen from any clinical specimen?

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Hepatitis C

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29
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What can be confirmed with a core body temp reading of ≥104(F) and CNS dysfunction, what can be confirmed?

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Heat stroke

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30
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Which illness is confirmed with VHF identification from blood or tissues?

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Viral hemorrhagic fever

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Which illness is described as an acute illness with a discrete onset of any of the following: fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or abdominal pain, AND elevated liver AST levels?

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Hepatitis A

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The acute version of which disease is characterized by a discreet onset of any of the following: fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or abdominal pain, AND elevated ALT levels >100 IU/L?

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Hepatitis B

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The acute version of which disease can be confirmed with a HCV positive antigen from any clinical specimen?

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Hepatitis C

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34
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Pontiac fever is the common name of which disease?

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Legionellosis

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35
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The visceral version of which illness is described as a chronic systemic illness with persistent irregular fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, pancytopenia, and weight loss?

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Leishmaniasis

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36
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Hansen’s disease is the common name for which illness?

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Leprosy

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Which illness is characterized by a number of erythematous papules and nodues or an infiltration of the face, hands, and feet with lesions in a bilateral and symmetrical distribution that progress to thickening of the skin, possibily with reduced sensation?

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Leprosy

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Which illness is characterized by history of fever within the past two weeks and at least one of the following: aseptic meningitis, GI symptoms, pulmonary complications, ECG abnormalities, hemorrhage, or jaundice with acute renal failure?

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Leptospirosis

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Weil disease is the common name for which illness?

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Leptospirosis

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40
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Which of the following is the most common clinical marker for lyme disease?

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Erythema migrans

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41
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Which disease can be confirmed with a microscopic identification of the specific Plasmodium species from blood.

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Malaria

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42
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Which illness is characterized by generalized, maculopapular rash lasting >2 days, temp ≥101(F), and conjunctivitis?

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Measles

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43
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Rubeola is a common name of which illness?

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Measels

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44
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What disease is suspected with clinical purpura fulminans in the absence of a positive blood culture?

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Meningococcal disease

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45
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Which disease is characterized by acute swelling of the parotid or other salivary gland(s) lasting at least 2 days?

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Mumps

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46
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Whooping cough is the common name of what disease?

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Pertussis

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47
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What disease is characterized by regional lymphadenitis in the are of the infected flea bite?

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Bubonic plague

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Which disease is characterized by an acute onset of a flaccid paralysis of one or more limbs with decreased or absent tendon reflexes in the affected limbs, without other apparent cause, and without sensory or cognitive loss?

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Poliomyelitis

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Which disease is a zoonotic disease caused by RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, genus Lyssavirus?

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Rabies

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50
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What disease is confirmed by C. Burnetti identification by culture from any clinical specimen?

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Q fever

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51
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What disease is characterized by high fever, headache, muscle and joint aches, or nausea, with the fever typically lasting 2 to 9 days and alternates with afebrile periods of 2 to 4 days?

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Relapsing fever

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52
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German measles is a common name for which disease?

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Rubella

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53
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Which disease is usually caused by Schistosoma haematobium?

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Urinary schistomiasis

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Which disease is described as an illness with acute onset of fever ≥101(F) followed by a rash characterized by firm, deep-seated vesicles or pustules in the same stage of development without other apparent causes?

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Smallpox

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What disease is described as a group of arthropod borne diseases characterized by any of the following: rash, headache, myalgia, nausea/vomiting, anemia, thrombocytopenia, an ulcer at the site of the bite, or any hepatic transaminase elevation?

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Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis

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What disease can be confirmed by microscopic identification of T. Pallidum by dark field microscopy from any clinical specimen?

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Syphilis

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57
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Lockjaw is the common name of which disease?

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Tetanus

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58
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Which disease can be confirmed by T. Cruzi identification by direct microscopy, xenodiagnoes, or blood culture?

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American Trypanosomiasis

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What disease is characterized by an acute history of persistent cough, pain or tightness in the chest, bloody sputum, weakness or fatigue, weight loss, loss of appetite, chills, fever, or night sweats?

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Tuberculosis

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Trichinosis is the common name of which disease?

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Trichinellosis

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61
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Illness caused by Rickettsia prowazekii

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Epidemic typhus

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Chickenpox is the common name of which disease?

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Varicella

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