EXTRA PRACTICE: Arthropodborne Disease

Question 1

Match: CA is Yersinia pestis

Answer 1

Plague

Question 2

Match: Gram-negative bacillus

Answer 2

Plague

Question 3

Match: A predisposing factor is poor sanitation

Answer 3

Plague

Question 4

Name the ways you can diagnose the Plague

Answer 4

Serology
Lung sputum sample
Fluid aspiration from buboes

Question 5

Match: Preventative measures include pest control and use of vaccine, that is only used for high risk people

Answer 5

Plague

Question 6

Match: Endemic to parts of US, such as the dry Southwest

Answer 6

Plague

Question 7

Which plague is the most common plague? Which one has the highest mortality?

Answer 7

Most common: Bubonic plague
Highest mortality: Pneumonia plague

Question 8

Match: Diagnosis includes based on SXS, Serology, and prevalence in geographic areas (NE USA)

Answer 8

Lyme Disease

Question 9

Match: axial filaments/endoflagella, motile

Answer 9

Lyme disease

Question 10

Match: Flat, alternating band of pale/red circles

Answer 10

Lyme Disease (first phase SXS)

Question 11

Match: Flu-like SXS, Encephalitis, and Irregular Heartbeat, and Facial paralysis

Answer 11

Lyme Disease

Question 12

Which disease is the most common tickborne disease in the United States?

Answer 12

Lyme Disease

Question 13

When is there a high incidence of Lyme disease? Where is it prevalent?

Answer 13

Incidence = Summer
Prevalent = Northeast (NE) USA

Question 14

Which disease(s) can be diagnosed based on the Type and Location of the rash as well as Serology?

Answer 14

Epidemic Typhus
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Question 15

Name the CA for Epidemic Typhus
Name the CA for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Answer 15

Epidemic Typhus: Rickettsia prowazekii
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: Rickettsia rickettsii

Question 16

Which disease(s) contain gram-negative bacillus or coccobacillus

Answer 16

Epidemic Typhus
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Question 17

Match: PD factors include Lack of hygeine in wars, homelessness, crowded jails, concentration camps

Answer 17

Epidemic Typhus

Question 18

Match: PD factors include outdoors and hiking

Answer 18

Rocky Moutain Spotted Fever

Question 19

Which developmental stage of the Tick is responsible for RMSF?

Answer 19

Infected Nymph

Question 20

Match: This bacterial disease is spread by a human body louse vector and has a high mortality rate if left untreated

Answer 20

Epidemic Typhus

Question 21

Match: Reservoir include the Transovarian Passage and Tick

Answer 21

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Question 22

Match: **This disease is common in the Southeast USA and Appalachian mountain regions **

Answer 22

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Question 23

Match: This disease is one of the most common cause of death by infectious disease (#2)

Answer 23

Malaria

Question 24

Match: Reservoirs include rodents and birds, like crows

Answer 24

West Nile Encephalitis

Question 25

Match: Is usually asymptomatic and has SXS of polio-lile paralysis and fever

Answer 25

West Nile Encephalitis

Question 26

Match: This arboviral disease is common all over the US

Answer 26

West Nile Encephalitis

Question 27

Match: This is usually found in adults over 40 years old and in the Central US

Answer 27

St. Louis Encephalitis

Question 28

Match: Is common in Southeast US and has a high morality rate in humans (30%)

Answer 28

Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Question 29

Match

Match: This viral disease is not spread from an anthropod vector

Answer 29

Ebola Virus Disease

Question 30

Which disease(s) contain reservoirs of wild monkeys

Answer 30

Yellow Fever
Zika Virus Disease

Question 31

Match: Arboviral disease that has humans as reservoir

Answer 31

Dengue

Question 32

Match: Trasmitted through contact with animal blood/waste products or infected human bodily fluids

Answer 32

Ebola Virus Disease

Question 33

Match: Contains mostly neurological SXS, some BV damage, and conjuncitivis (pink eye)

Answer 33

Zika Virus Disease

Question 34

Match: Infection during pregnancy can lead to microencephality (small brain in babies)

Answer 34

Zika Virus Disease