disease prevention

Question 1

measles vaccine

Answer 1

MMR2- live attenuated, 3 doses (15 mos + 4-6 y/o + booster)

Question 2

measles PEP

Answer 2

baygam- take within 6 days of exposure

Question 3

rubella

Answer 3

MMR2- live attenuated, 3 doses (15 mos + 4-6 y/o + booster)

Question 4

PEP for non-immune women exposed to rubella in first trimester

Answer 4

non-specific intravenous immune globulin (IVIG)

Question 5

chicken pox

Answer 5

(1) varivax- 2 doses (2) MMRV

Question 6

varivax contraindications

Answer 6

(1) pregnant person (teratogen) (2) don’t take ASA for 28 days (3) varivax does not protect against shingles

Question 7

MMR2 contraindications

Answer 7

immunocomprimised, preggo, even thinking of becoming pregnant in next few months

Question 8

shingles

Answer 8

(1) zostavax- live attenuated (2) shingrix- 2 doses, adjuvanted

Question 9

zostavax contraindications

Answer 9

children or people WITHOUT a hx of chickenpox

Question 10

shingrix indications

Answer 10

people who have previously had zostavax

Question 11

HPV

Answer 11

gardasil 9 (prevents against HPV 6, 11, 16, 18, and five others)

Question 12

gardasil indications

Answer 12

males and females age 9-45

Question 13

lyme

Answer 13

no longer around- abandoned due to adverse effects

Question 14

chagas

Answer 14

spray houses, screen blood/ organ donors, bednets, screen newborns for early tx, working on a vaccine

Question 15

sickle cell makes a person resistant to

Answer 15

falciparum malaria

Question 16

lack of ____ makes a persons resistant to vivax malaria

Answer 16

duffy antigen

Question 17

who lack the duffy antigen and what does this do

Answer 17

West Africans, makes them resistant to vivax malaria