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  1. T or F: Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus) naturally occurs in NHPs?
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False

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  1. What is the genus for the Monkeypox virus?
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Orthopoxvirus

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  1. Monkeypox naturally occurs in animals from which continent?
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Africa

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  1. What animals have recently been identified as a host and significant reservoir of Monkeypox?
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  1. Squirrel (Funisciurus and Heliosciurus)
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  1. What are the clinical signs of Monkeypox in NHPs?
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  1. Fever, followed by cutaneous eruptions, especially on limbs 4-5 days later
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  1. Clinical signs of Monkeypox in humans?
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  1. Fever, malaise, headache, backache, prostration, abdominal pain, lymphadenopathy, rash
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  1. What is the genus for the Benign Epidermal Monkeypox (BEMP) virus?
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Yatapoxvirus

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  1. Give another name for BEMP.
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Tanapox

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  1. What are the clinical signs of BEMP?
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  1. Epidermal and adnexal red lesions on eyelids, face, body, genitalia
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  1. Differentiate between BEMP and Yaba lesions.
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  1. BEMP lesions are in the epidermis and adnexal structures, while Yaba is subcutaneous
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  1. What are the similarities between BEMP and Yaba lesions?
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  1. Both have eosinophilic, intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies
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  1. What is the genus for the Yaba virus?
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Yatapoxvirus

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  1. What is the genus for the Orf (Contagious Ecthyma) virus?
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Parapoxvirus

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  1. Orf affects which animals?
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Sheep and goats

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  1. How is Orf transmitted?
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  1. Direct contact with scabs
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  1. Is Orf a DNA or RNA virus?
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  1. Double-stranded DNA
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  1. What are the clinical signs of Orf in animals?
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  1. Encrustations on lips, nostrils, mucus membranes of oral cavity and urogenital orifices
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  1. What are the clinical signs of Orf in humans?
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  1. Solitary lesion (sometimes multiple) on hands, arms, or face
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  1. Are the hemorrhagic fever viruses (Flaviviruses, Marburg, Ebola, Hantavirus) RNA or DNA viruses?
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RNA

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  1. Is simian hemorrhagic fever zoonotic?
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No

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  1. Flaviviruses (Yellow fever, Dengue) are transmitted by which mosquitoes of which genus?
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Aedes

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  1. African monkeys usually develop a mild form of yellow fever. What are the clinical signs for New World monkeys (NWM)?
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  1. Fever, vomiting, anorexia, yellow to green urine, icterus, albuminuria
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  1. What are the eosinophilic, intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies in necrotic hepatocytes called?
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Councilman bodies

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  1. Which NHP diseases are reportable to the CDC?
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  1. Yellow fever, Marburg, monkeypox, Ebola
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  1. What is the genus of the Marburg virus (Vervet Monkey Disease)?
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Filovirus

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  1. How do NHPs fare when experimentally infected with Marburg?
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100% fatal in African green monkeys

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  1. What is the genus for the Ebola virus?
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Filovirus

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  1. What is the leading reservoir candidate for Ebola?
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Bats

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  1. What is the mode of transmission for Ebola?
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  1. Direct contact with humans or animals shedding the organism
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  1. What are the clinical signs in the monkey for Ebola zaire or Ebola sudan?
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  1. Febrile, debilitating illness with viremia, tissue necrosis, effusions, coagulopathy, hemorrhage, death
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  1. What are the clinical signs in humans?
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  1. Similar to NHPs with fever, chills, headache, myalgia, anorexia, vomiting, abdominal pain, sore throat, bloody diarrhea
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  1. What are the clinical signs in monkeys infected with Ebola reston?
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  1. Hemorrhagic disease involving multiple organ systems, death in 8-14 days
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  1. The genus Hantavirus is in what family?
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Bunyaviridae

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  1. Name the two clinical disease syndromes associated with Hantavirus infection.
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  1. Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, pulmonary syndrome
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  1. How is Hanatvirus transmitted?
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Infectious aerosols

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  1. What nonrodent animal may serve as a potential reservoir for Hantavirus?
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Cats

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  1. What is the only mouse virus that affects humans?
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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis

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  1. How is LCMV transmitted to humans?
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  1. Airborne, close contact, cell lines
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  1. How is LCMV transmitted between rodents?
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in utero

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  1. What are the clinical signs of LCMV in humans?
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  1. Fever, myalgia, headache, malaise
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Macacine herpesvirus 1 persists where in the macaque’s body?

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  1. Trigeminal and genital ganglia
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  1. T or F: Human to human transmission of B virus can occur?
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True

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  1. What is the incubation period for B virus?
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  1. 2 days to 5 weeks and up to 10 years
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  1. What are the family and genus of the rabies virus?
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  1. Family Rhabdoviridae, genus Lyssavirus
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  1. Can wild-caught groundhogs and rabbits transmit rabies?
46
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  1. Which hepatitis virus has significant zoonotic potential?
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Hepatitis A

47
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  1. Simian Immunodeficiency Virus infects OWM or NWM?
48
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  1. How is SIV transmitted?
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Horizontally and vertically

49
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  1. What type of virus is SIV?
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Lentivirus

50
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  1. Foamy viruses (retroviruses) have been isolated from NWM or OWM?
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Both OWM and NWM

51
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  1. What is the genus for the measles virus?
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Morbillivirus

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  1. Does the measles infect NWM or OWM?
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Both, OWM, NWM

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  1. What is the reservoir for measles virus?
54
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  1. What is the incubation period for measles virus in humans and NHPs?
55
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  1. What are the spots on the buccal mucosa called with measles virus?
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Koplik’s spots

56
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  1. How do domestic birds become infected with Newcastle disease?
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By wild birds

57
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  1. What is the important means of transmission to humans for Newcastle disease?
58
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  1. What are the clinical signs of Newcastle disease in humans?
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  1. Follicular conjunctivitis, fever, cough, pneumonia
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  1. What is the reservoir for influenza?
60
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  1. What animal is very susceptible to the flu?
61
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  1. What is the murine typhus agent?
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Rickettsia typhi

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  1. What is the vector for Rickettsia typhi
63
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  1. What is the newly recognized vector which presents an increased risk of transmission to laboratory animal facility personnel?
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  1. Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis)
64
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  1. Which mite transmits rickettsial pox?
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  1. Liponyssoides (Allodermanyssus) sanguineus
65
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  1. Coxiella burnetti mainly infects which animals?
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Sheep, goats, and cattle

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  1. What are the clinical signs of Q fever in humans?
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  1. Fever, frontal headache, retro-orbital pain, chest pain, cough, pneumonia, hepatitis, nephritis, epicarditis, endocarditis
67
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  1. Animals with Q fever should be kept under what safety level?
68
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  1. Should humans with C. burnetti titers be vaccinated?
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  1. T or F: Chlamydial agents may occur naturally in animal species other than birds?
70
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  1. What is the revised name for Chlamydia psittaci?
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Chlamydophilia psittaci

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  1. What is the mode of transmission for Chlamydophilia psittaci?
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  1. Direct contact or aerosolized infectious material present from exudates, secretions, and desiccated fecal material
72
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  1. What are the diagnostic tests for C. psittaci?
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  1. Complement fixation serology, fecal ELISA, inclusion bodies in tissues, organism isolation
73
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Which animals are responsible for 90% of recorded bites in the US?

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Dogs and cats

74
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Which are the common organisms isolated from dog bites?

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Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., anaerobes, Pasteurella multocida

75
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Name 5 organisms isolated from rat bites.

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Leptospira interrogans, Pasteurella multocida, Staphylococcus spp., Streptobacillus moniliformis, Spirillum minus

76
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  1. Haverhill fever is associated with which organism?
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Streptobacillus moniliformis

77
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  1. Organism responsible for cat scratch fever
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Bartonella henselae

78
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  1. How is Bartonella henselae shed?
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In flea feces; scratched into traumatized skin

79
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  1. How susceptible are humans to Brucella canis?
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Humans are relatively resistant

80
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82.Name the primary plague reservoirs in the western US

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Sciurid rodents: rock squirrels, California ground squirrels, chipmunks, prairie dogs

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83.How is plague transmitted to humans?

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Flea bite, skin abrasion, aerosol

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84.Wild rats normally carry which species of Leptospira?

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L. icterohaemorrhagiae

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85.Which Campylobacter species are the leading causes of human diarrhea?

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Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli

84
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86.Which Helicobacter species causes enteric helicobacteriosis, is primarily recovered from immunocompromised individuals, and is carried by hamsters?

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Helicobacter cinaedi

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87.The Helicobacter species found in dogs is what?

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H. bizzozeronii

86
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88.What treatments are used for gastric helicobacter infections?

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Bismuth subsalicylate, amoxicillin, tetracycline, metronidazole

87
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89.Salmonella isolates are now classified under which species, even though it is usually dropped in favor of the serotype?

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S. choleraesuis

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90.Which animals are particularly dangerous sources of Salmonella?

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Birds, reptiles, chicks, ducklings

89
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91.T or F: Salmonella readily disintegrates in feces?

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F, survives for months in feces

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92.Which are the most common species of Shigella in NHPs?

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Shigella flexneri, sonnei, dysenteriae

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93.What is the main reservoir for Shigella?

92
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94.What are the three most common species of Mycobacterium?

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Mycobacterium bovis, avium, tuberculosis

93
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95.Which are more susceptible to M. tuberculosis: OWM or NWM?

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96.What is the tuberculosis vaccine called and why is it not always used?

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Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) elicits a positive tb test

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97.Name three types of dermatophytes and from which animals they are most commonly isolated?

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Microsporum canis – dogs and cats, Trichophyton verrucosum – livestock, Trichophyton mentagrophytes – lab rodents

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98.Amebiasis is caused by which protozoan parasite?

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Entamoeba histolytica

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99.Do normal water-purification chlorine levels destroy Entamoeba cysts?

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100.Balantidium coli is common in which domestic animal?

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Domestic swine

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101.Which Cryptosporidium species is considered a human pathogen?

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Cryptosporidium parvum

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102.What is prominent in cryptosporidial oocysts?

101
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  1. Human giardiasis is caused by which protozoan parasite?
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Giardia lamblia

102
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104.T or F: There are only a couple of mammals that can be intermediate hosts for Toxoplasma gondii?

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F – hundreds of species

103
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105.What problems are most apparent in congenital toxoplasmosis ?

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Neuropathological

104
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106.Oocysts are shed by a cat for approximately how long?

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Under three weeks

105
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107.Rodentolepis nana (formerly Hymenolepis nana) is a common parasite of which pest?

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House mouse

106
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108.Zoonotic helminth carried by raccoons?

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Baylisascaris procyonis

107
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109.What needs to be taken into consideration when treating for Liponyssus baconti (formerly Ornithonyssus bacoti)?

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Environmental treatment with appropriate insecticides

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110.Scientific name of the brown dog tick that readily infests kennels and vivaria?

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Rhipicephalus sanguineus

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