BIOTERRORISM Flashcards
IT IS DELIBERATE RELEASE OF VIRUSES, BACTERIA OR AGENTS USE TO CAUSE ILLNESS OR DEATH
BIOTERRORISM
TRUE OR FASE
BIOTERRORISIM IS CONSIDERED AS PUBLIC HEALTH EMEGENCY
TRUE
BIOLOGICAL AGENTS CAN BE SPREAD IN …..
AIR, FOOD, AMD WATER
3 IMPACTS OF BIOTERRORISM
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
EASILY SPREAD AND TRANSMITTED TO PERSON TO PERSO
CATEGORY A
REQUIRES PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS
CATEGORY A
TRUE OR FALSE
HIGH PRIORITY AGENTS INCLUDES ORGANISM PRODUCE TOXINS THAT ARE CAUSE THE HIGHEST RISK TO THE PUBLIC (CATEGORY A)
true
SECOND HIGHEST RISK
CATEGORY B
MODERATE MORBITY RATE AND LOW MORTALITY RATE
CATEGORY B
TRUE OR FALSE
CATEGORY A REQUIRES ENHANCED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
FALSE CATEGORY B
INCLUDES EMERGING PATHOGENS
CATEGORY C
POTENTIAL FOR HIGH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY RATES
CATEGORY C
CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF ANTHRAX
CATEGORY A
BACILLUS ANTRACIS
MOST COMMON FORM OF ANTRAX AND LEAST DANGEROUS
CUTANEOUS ANTRAX
MOST DEADLY FORM OF ANTRAX
INHALATION ANTRAX
RARE TYPE OF ANTRAX CAUSE BY EATING RAW OR UNDERCOOK INFECTED PRODUCTS
GASTROINTESTIBNAL ANTRAX
CAUSATIVEAGENTS OF BOTULISM
CAT. A
CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM
TRUE OR FALSE
THE TOXIN THAT CAUSES BOTULISM IS ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY TOXINS KNOWN
TRUE
CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF PLAGUE
CAT. A
YERSINIA PESTIS
INFAMOUS OF KILLING MILLIONS IN EUROPE DURING MIDDLE AGES
PLAGUE
MOST COMMON FORM OF PLAGUE
BUBONIC PLAGUE
PAINFUL SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES
BUBOES
SPREAD TO THE LUNGS IF UNTREATED IT COULD BE FATAL
PNEUMONIC PLAGUE
WOULD USE MOST LIKELY IN AEROSOL ATTACKS
YERSINIA PESTIS
CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF SMALLPOX
CAT. A
VARIOLA VIRUS
CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF TULAREMIA
CAT. A
FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS
GROUP OF DISESES THAT ARE CAUSED BY SEVERAL DISTINCT FAMILIES OF VIRUSES.
VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER
CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF VHFS
FILOVIRUSES, ARENAVIRUSES, HANTA VIRUS
CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF BRUCELLOSIS
CAT. B
BRUCELLA SPECIES
CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF SALMONELLOSIS ( FOOD SAFETY THREATS) CAT. B
SALMONELLA SPECIES
CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF CHOLERA ( WATER SAFETY THREATS) CAT. B
VIBRIO CHOLERAE
CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF TYPHUS FEVER
CAT. B
RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII
CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS
CAT. B
ALPHAVIRUSES
PRESENCE OF FEVER, CHILLS, BODY ACHES, JOINT PAIN, VOMITTING, DIARRHEA
VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
HANTA VIRUS AND NIPAH VIRUS
CAN CAUSE MILD TO SEVERE DISEASE INCLUDING THE SWELLING OF BRAIN AND CAN CAUSE DEATH
NIPAH VIRUS
