ch8: disease causing bacteria disease-transmission

Question 1

anthrax

Answer 1

vector, contact with or eating undercooked meat from infected animals, spore inhalation

Question 2

whooping cough

Answer 2

airborne

Question 3

lyme disease

Answer 3

vector (tick)

Question 4

food poisoning

Answer 4

contaminated food and fluids

Question 5

chlamydia

Answer 5

sexual

Question 6

botulism

Answer 6

foodborne

Question 7

colitis

Answer 7

fecal - oral

Question 8

gas gangrene

Answer 8

contact (wounds)

Question 9

tetanus

Answer 9

contact through a deep cut

Question 10

diphtheria

Answer 10

droplet

Question 11

diarrhea

Answer 11

foodborne

Question 12

meningitis

Answer 12

droplet

Question 13

pneumonia, epiglottis meningitis

Answer 13

droplet

Question 14

peptic ulcer disease

Answer 14

fecal oral, oral anal, possibly others

Question 15

legionnaires disease

Answer 15

water aerosol

Question 16

meningitis

Answer 16

droplet

Question 17

leprosy

Answer 17

airborne, droplet

Question 18

tuberculosis

Answer 18

airborne, droplet

Question 19

pneumonia

Answer 19

droplet

Question 20

gonorrhea

Answer 20

sexual

Question 21

meningitis

Answer 21

droplet

Question 22

hot tub rash

Answer 22

contaminated water

Question 23

typhus

Answer 23

vector (tick)

Question 24

rocky mountain spotted fever

Answer 24

vector (tick)

Question 25

shigellosis

Answer 25

fecal-oral

Question 26

boils, septicemia, pneumonia

Answer 26

contact

Question 27

pneumonia

Answer 27

airborne, droplet, contact

Question 28

strep throat

Answer 28

droplet

Question 29

syphillis

Answer 29

sexual

Question 30

cholera

Answer 30

fecal oral, contaminated water

Question 31

plague

Answer 31

vector (fleas, rodents)