Community Medicine 3 Flashcards
Drugs that reduces itching are called
Anti’pru’ritic
Spleen does not secret any hormones
true
Mad cow disease is
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
caused by a PRION.
a protein particle that lacks DNA (nucleic acid).
An endocrine gland that function as biological clock is
Pineal gland
Staphylococcus is a
gram positive
Salk vaccine is
an inactivated vaccine
interval between the entry of an infectious agent and emergence of first manifestation of the disease
INCUBATION period
Purest water in nature is
Rainwater
The major disinfecting action of chlorine is due to
Hypochlorous acid
Master gland is
Pituitary gland
Rice is a
Cereal
Low birth weight baby is a baby whose weight at birth is
Less than 2500 Grams
Which of the following is a permanent method of sterilization
Non scalpel vasectomy
Egg is deficient in
Vitamin C
The functional unit of kidney is
Nephron
Cholera is caused by
Bacteria
AB positive blood group person can receive blood from
all blood types
AB Positive blood group is universal recipient and O negative is universal donor
Person with blood group O can receive blood from
O positive or O negative blood types.
physical quality of life index (PQLI)
literacy rate,
infant mortality rate and
life expectancy at birth
Drug that is given to relieve vomiting are known as
Anti emetics
NSAID are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents.
Analgesic means pain relieving drugs. Antipruritic are drugs that relieves itching
Aldosterone increases the excretion of
potassium
aedes aegypti transmit
dengue virus,
yellow fever virus,
chikungunya virus, and
Zika virus.
CDYZ
A plague outbreak can occur when cheopis index is
> 1
cheopis index is average number of xenopsylla cheopis per rat.
mosquito vector for JE
Japanese encephalitis
culex
Weil Felix reaction
to test rickettsial infection
five stages of infection:
incubation prodromal illness decline convalescence
Incubation
the time from exposure to an infectious agent until the onset of symptoms.
Viral or bacterial particles replicate during the incubation stage.
Prodromal
the period after incubation and before the characteristic symptoms of infection occur.
The infectious agent continues replicating, which triggers the body’s immune response and mild, nonspecific symptoms.
These symptoms can include:
low-grade fever
fatigue
Illness
stage includes the time when a person shows apparent symptoms of an infectious disease.
Decline
the immune system mounts a successful defense against the pathogens, and the number of infectious particles decreases.
Convalescence
symptoms resolve, and a person can return to their normal functions.
