CH HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASES Flashcards

1
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Causative agent of typhoid and it is transmitted via

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Salmonella typhoid
Contaminated food and water

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2
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Typhoid is also known as

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Systemic or Enteric fever

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3
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Typhoid fever can be confirmed by

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Widal test

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4
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Typhoid is what type of infection

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Bacterial infection

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5
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Symptoms of typhoid

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Sustained high fever
Intestinal perforation- extreme case
Weakness
Stomach pain
Lose of appetite

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6
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Pneumonia is caused by

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Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Haemophilus Influenza

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7
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Mode of transmission of pneumonia

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Aerosols

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8
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Symptoms of Pneumonia

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Infection in the lower respiratory tract… fluid filled alveoli

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9
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Causative agent of plague

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Yersinia pestis

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10
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Plague is also known as

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Bubonic plague/ black death

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11
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What kind of infection was plague

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Bacterial infection

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12
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Diseases that spread from animal to humans are called

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Zoonotic diseases

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13
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Plague was primarily a disease of

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Rodent

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14
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Vector of plague

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Rat flea

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15
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Symptoms of plague

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High fever
Bubo(lump) in the armpit or groin region
Blood patch appeared on skin which then turns black

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16
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causative agent of Cholera

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Vibrio Cholera

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17
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Cholera is which type of infection

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Bacterial infection

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18
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treatment for cholera

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oral rehydration therapy as a lot of fluid and salts are released through stool and vomit

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19
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Causative agent for Tuberculosis

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Myobacterium Tuberculosis

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20
Q

Vaccine for tuberculosis

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BCG Vaccine

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21
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mode of transmission for tuberculosis

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air borne

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22
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causative agent for Tetanus

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Clostridium tetani

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23
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Tetanus is also known as

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Lock jaw

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24
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which disease results in Sustained contraction

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tetanus

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25
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Injection for tetanus

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anti tetanus serum(ATS)

DPT Vaccine- Diptheria, Pestusis, tetanus

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26
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causative agent of diptheria

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Corynebacterium diptheriae

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27
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causative agent of diptheria

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Corynebacterium diptheriae

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28
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causative agent of leprosy

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Myobacterium leprae

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29
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Causative agent of common cold

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Mild ones - Rhino viruses
Severe - Corona viruses

30
Q

Which is the most infectious disease in the world

A

Common cold

31
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Causative agent of chicken pox

A

Varisella zoster virus

32
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Causative agent of small pox

A

Variola virus

33
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Which glands swells during mumps

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Parotid gland

34
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Which virus requires pre existing HBV virus to spread the disease

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Hepatitis D Virus

35
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Rabies is also known as

A

Hydrophobia

36
Q

Vector of Dengue

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Female aedes mosquitoes

37
Q

Chickenguniya vector

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Female aedes mosquito

38
Q

Vaccine for poliomyelitis

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OPV - Oral polio vaccine

39
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The genetic material of Varisella zoster virus

A

ds DNA

40
Q

Vaccine for Hepatitis B is

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Recombivax

41
Q

Which type of Hepatitis enters via Faeco oral route

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HAV and HEV

42
Q

Causative agent of Dengue fever

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Arbovirus- Arthropoda borne viruses - flaviviruses genes

43
Q

In chickenpox more scars are on —— then—-

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More scars on the body less on face and limbs

44
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In small pox more scars on —— less on ——

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In small pox more scars on face and limbs less on body

45
Q

Which Hepatitis is/are STD

A

HBV, HCV, HDV

46
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Measels is which type of infection

A

Viral infection

47
Q

Mumps is which type of infection

A

Viral

48
Q

Which digestive tract infection affects large intestine

A

Amoebic dysentery

49
Q

Causative agent of Amoebic dysentery

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Entamoeba histoltyica

50
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Mechanical vector of Amoebic dysentery

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Housefly

51
Q

Excess mucus and blood clot is a symptom of

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Amoebic dysentry

52
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Which type of infection is Ascariasis

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Helminth infection

53
Q

Extreme case of Ascariasis

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Intestinal blockage

54
Q

Causative agent of Elephantiasis

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Filarial worm - Wucheria brancofti
- Wucheria malayi

55
Q

Ringworm is which type of infection

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Fungal infection

56
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Causative agent of Ringworm

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Microsporum, Epidermophyton, Trichophyton

57
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Infective agent of Filariasis

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Proboscis of Mosquito

58
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Vector of Filariasis

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Culex Mosquito

59
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Symptoms of Elephantiasis

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Majorly swelling in groin and lower limb

60
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Elephantiasis is which type of infection

A

Helminth infection

61
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Malarial infection is which type of infection

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Protozoan infection

62
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Vector of Malaria

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Female anopheles mosquito

63
Q

Causative agent of Malaria

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4 species of plasmodium-
1. Plasmodium vivac
2. P. ovale
3. P. malariae
4. P. falciparum - fatal- malignant malariab

64
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Primary host and secondary host of plasmodium that causes malaria is

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Primary host - human
secondary host - mosquito

65
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Where does sexual and asexual phase of plasmodium that causes malaria occurs

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Sexual stage - mosquito
Asexual stage - human

66
Q

—- enters the RBC and produce ——

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Phanerozites enter the RBC and produce merozoites

67
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Merozoites feed on —- to form —-

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Merozoites feed on harmoglobin to form haemozoin

68
Q

—- chemical is responsible for fever and chills in malaria

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Harmozoin

69
Q

Sporozoites are — shaped

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Spindle shaped

70
Q

the infectious agent that enters the body for malaria

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Sporozoites