Chapter 5 - Zoonotic & Vector-Borne Diseases

Question 1

Name the 4 methods of transmission of zoonoses:

Answer 1

(1) Contact with the skin
(2) A bite or scratch from an animal
(3) Direct inhalation or ingestion
(4) The bite of an arthropod vector

Question 2

Define “Vector”

Answer 2

–defined as an insect or any living carrier that transports an infectious agent from an infected individual or its wastes to a susceptible individual or its food or immediate surroundings

Question 3

Examples of VECTORS

Answer 3

–Various species of rodents (rats and mice)

–Arthropods (mosquitoes, ticks, sand flies, biting midges)

Question 4

Name INFECTIOUS AGENTS OF MALARIA

Answer 4

– Plasmodium falciparum (most deadly 💀)

–Plasmodium vivax

– Plasmodium ovale

– Plasmodium malariae

Question 5

Define “Zoonosis”

Answer 5

–refers to an infection or infectious diseases transmissible under natural conditions from vertebrate animals to humans