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FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS - TULARAEMIA Flashcards

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Francisella tularensis can cause epidemics among slaughterhouse workers.

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Hunters can be infected with Francisella tularensis during skinning of wild hares.

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Tularaemia is an occupational disease.

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Focal infection and necrosis can be seen in the parenchymal organs in the case of tularaemia.

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Clinical signs of tularaemia are mainly seen in cattle.

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The causative agent of tularaemia is Francisella tularensis

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Tularaemia can be found mainly on the southern hemisphere.

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Slide agglutination test cannot be used in the serodiagnostics of Tularaemia:

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Ticks are true vectors of tularaemia:

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Mouse inoculation is a frequently used method during isolation of Francisella tularensis from
pathological samples:

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Clinical signs of tularaemia can be seen only in hares

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Tularaemia is a fast and acute disease in mice:

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Tularemia does not occur in Europe:

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The reservoir host of the agent of tularemia is the hare:

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The agent of tularemia can be transmitted by ticks, mosquitoes and other blood sucking
arthropods

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Francisella tularensis is a fastidious bacterium species which needs special medium for
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Rabbit is not susceptible to Francisella tularensis:

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Francisella tularensis is a soil microorganism:

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Francisella tularensis causes chronic infection in wild hare:

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Francisela tularensis subsp. Tularensis occurs in America:

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The agent of tularaemia can be transmitted by ticks

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Europe is free from Tularaemia

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Tularaemia can occur only in hares

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Tularaemia is a zoonosis

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Only hares are suscpetible to the agent of Tularaemia

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European Brown Hare is the reservoirs of the agent of tularaemia in Europe

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Francisella tularemia in humans is frequently caused through skin wounds.

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Tularaemia affects only sheep in Hungary.

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Ticks have an important role in transmission of tularaemia.

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Tularemia occurs only in America.

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31
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Tularemia occurs frequently in hares.

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Francisella tularensis ssp. holartica is highly virulent.

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Francisella is a facultative pathogen.

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Francis blood agar can be used for its isolation.

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Tularaemia will cause more severe disease in lagomorph and rodents.

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Hunters can contract tularemia whilst skinning the animal.

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Tularaemia causes severe clinical signs in susceptible animals.

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Tube agglutination is the best way to diagnose tularaemia.

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Encephalitis is the main clinical sign of tularemia in humans.

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There are differences in the virulence of the causative agents of tularemia

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Septicemia is part of the pathogenesis of tularemia.

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Mosquitoes are involved in spreading of tularemia.

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Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis is in Europe.

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Hares spread the bacteria Francisella with urine.

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Ticks play a role in maintaining the presence of tularaemia.

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Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica is the causative agent of tularaemia in Europe.

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European brown hare is the reservoir of the agent of tularaemia in Europe.

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48
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Only hares are susceptible to the agent of tularaemia.

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Tularaemia is a zoonosis.

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50
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Hamsters and mice are very susceptible to the agent of tularaemia.

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51
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Ticks can transmit the agent of tularaemia.

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Sheep are regularly vaccinated to prevent tularaemia in Europe.

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Tularaemia is not a zoonosis.

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The agent of tularaemia is transmitted only by ticks.

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55
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There are virulence variants of Francisella tularensis.

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56
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Slide agglutination test is used to recognize tularaemia infection in live animals

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57
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Farm animals in Europe are widely vaccinated against tularaemia

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Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis is the most frequent subspecies of the agent in
Europe.

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Tularaemia can be frequently seen in cattle in Europe.

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Francisella tularensis can infect humans.

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Brown hares are susceptible to tularaemia.

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