Common Causes

Question 1

What is the common cause of conjunctivitis?

Answer 1

Adenovirus

Question 2

What is the common cause of cataracts?

Answer 2

Rubella

Question 3

What is the common cause of chorioretinitis? (redness, blurred vision, sensitivity to light, excessive tearing)

Answer 3

CMV

Question 4

What is the common cause of blindness (due to scarring)?

Answer 4

HSV I

Question 5

What is the common cause of aseptic meningitis (inflamed or swollen meninges; headache, fever, photosensitivity)?

Answer 5

COX A and B

Question 6

What is the common cause of encephalitis (headache, confusion)?

Answer 6

HSV I; California encephalitis, WNV

Question 7

This is a disease that causes leukoencephalopathy in IC people

Answer 7

JC virus

Question 8

What is the common cause of the common cold?

Answer 8

1. Rhinovirus

2. Coronavirus

Question 9

What is the common cause of acute pharyngitis or tonsillitis (inflamed throat, lymphadenopathy)?

Answer 9

1. Adenovirus

2. COX A

Question 10

What is the common cause of laryngitis (hoarseness, croup, tonsillitis)?

Answer 10

Parainfluenza virus 1

Question 11

What is the common cause of parotitis (swollen gland)?

Answer 11

mumps

Question 12

What is the common cause of acute otitis?

Answer 12

RSV

Question 13

What is the common cause of acute bronchitis (barking cough, air-jay blockage)?

Answer 13

1. Rhinovirus

2. Coronavius

Question 14

What is the common cause of bronchiolitis (cough, chest congestion, dyspnea, phlegm)?

Answer 14

1. RSV

2. Parainfluenza virus

Question 15

What is the common cause of HCPS?

Answer 15

Sin Nombre virus

Question 16

What is the common cause of pneumonia (cough, chest congestion, dyspnea, phlegm, abnormal chest radiograph)?

Answer 16

1. RSV

2. influenza

Question 17

What is the common cause of GI symptoms in infants?

Answer 17

Rotavirus

Question 18

What is the common cause of GI symptoms in infants, children, and adults?

Answer 18

Noravirus

Question 19

What is the common cause of initial GI symptoms that disseminate systematically (fever, jaundice, dark urine)?

Answer 19

Hepatitis A, B, C

Question 20

What is the common cause of rash?

Answer 20

measles, rubella, 5th disease, boston exanthema, IM

Question 21

What is the common cause of vesicles?

Answer 21

HSV I and II, VZV, COX A

Question 22

What is the common cause of hemorrhagic cystitis, nephritis, and/or urethritis?

Answer 22

BK virus

Question 23

What is the common cause of kidney failure?

Answer 23

CMV

Question 24

What is the common cause of fetal infections (fever, lethargy)?

Answer 24

Rubella, CMV, HIV

Question 25

What is the common cause of muscle pain, pleurodynia?

Answer 25

COX B

Question 26

What is the common cause of endocarditis?

Answer 26

COX B

Question 27

What is the common cause of IM?

Answer 27

EBV

Question 28

What is the common cause of hemorrhagic fever?

Answer 28

dengue, Ebola, lassa fever, yellow fever, Colorado tick fever

Question 29

Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from birds/mosquito?

Answer 29

EEEV, WEEV, WNV, STL, Yellow fever,

Question 30

Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from small mammals/mosquito?

Answer 30

California encephalitis

Question 31

Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from monkeys/mosquito?

Answer 31

dengue

Question 32

Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from tick?

Answer 32

colorado tick fever

Question 33

Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from small mammals?

Answer 33

lymphocytic choriomeningitis

Question 34

Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from rats?

Answer 34

lassa fever

Question 35

Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from deer mice?

Answer 35

sin nombre

Question 36

Which of the zoonotic viral infections come from bats, foxes, raccoons?

Answer 36

rabies