Francisella tularensis - Tularaemia

Question 1

1) Francisella tularensis can cause epidemics among slaughterhouse workers

Answer 1

true

Question 2

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

Answer 2

true

Question 3

3) Tularaemia is an occupational disease

Answer 3

true

Question 4

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

Answer 4

true

Question 5

5) Clinical signs of tularaemia are mainly seen in cattle

Answer 5

false

Question 6

6) The causative agent of tularaemia is Francisella tularensis

Answer 6

true

Question 7

7) Tularaemia can be found mainly on the southern hemisphere

Answer 7

false

Question 8

8) Slide agglutination test cannot be used in the serodiagnostics od Tularaemia

Answer 8

false

Question 9

9) Ticks are true vectors of tularaemia

Answer 9

true

Question 10

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

Answer 10

true

Question 11

11) Clinical signs of tularaemia can be seen only in hares

Answer 11

false

Question 12

12) Tularaemia is a fast and acute disease in mice

Answer 12

true

Question 13

13) Tularemia does not occur in Europe

Answer 13

false

Question 14

14) The reservoir host of the agent of tularemia is the hare

Answer 14

true

Question 15

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

Answer 15

true

Question 16

16) Francisella tularensis is a fastidious bacterium species which needs special medium for propogation

Answer 16

true

Question 17

17) Rabbit is not susceptible to Francisella tularensis

Answer 17

true

Question 18

18) Francisella tularensis is a soil microorganism

Answer 18

false

Question 19

19) Francisella tularensis causes chronic infection in wild hare

Answer 19

true

Question 20

20) Francisela tularensis subsp. Tularensis occurs in America

Answer 20

true

Question 21

21) The agent of tularaemia can be transmitted by ticks

Answer 21

true

Question 22

22) Tularaemia can occur only in hares

Answer 22

false

Question 23

23) Tularaemia is a zoonosis

Answer 23

true

Question 24

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

Answer 24

true

Question 25

25) Francisella tularemia in humans is frequently caused through skin wounds

Answer 25

true

Question 26

26) Tularaemia affects only sheep in Hungary

Answer 26

false

Question 27

27) Ticks have an important role in transmission of tularaemia

Answer 27

true

Question 28

28) Tularemia occurs only in America

Answer 28

false

Question 29

29) Tularemia occurs frequently in hares

Answer 29

true

Question 30

30) Francisella tularensis ssp. holartica is highly virulent

Answer 30

false

Question 31

31) Francisella is a facultative pathogen

Answer 31

true

Question 32

32) Francis blood agar can be used for its isolation

Answer 32

true

Question 33

33) Tularaemia will cause more severe disease in lagomorph and rodents

Answer 33

true

Question 34

34) Hunters can contract tularemia whilst skinning the animal

Answer 34

true

Question 35

35) Tularaemia causes severe clinical signs in susceptible animals

Answer 35

true

Question 36

36) Tube agglutination is the best way to diagnose tularaemia

Answer 36

true

Question 37

37) Encephalitis is the main clinical sign of tularemia in humans

Answer 37

false

Question 38

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

Answer 38

true

Question 39

39) Septicemia is part of the pathogenesis of tularemia

Answer 39

true

Question 40

40) Mosquitoes are involved in spreading of tularemia

Answer 40

true

Question 41

41) Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis is in Europe

Answer 41

false

Question 42

42) Hares spread the bacteria Francisella with urine

Answer 42

false, should be true

Question 43

43) Ticks play a role in maintaining the presence of tularaemia

Answer 43

true

Question 44

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

Answer 44

true

Question 45

45) European brown hare is the reservoir of the agent of tularaemia in Europe

Answer 45

true

Question 46

46) Hamsters and mice are very susceptible to the agent of tularaemia

Answer 46

true

Question 47

47) Ticks can transmit the agent of tularaemia

Answer 47

true

Question 48

48) Sheep are regularly vaccinated to prevent tularaemia in Europe

Answer 48

false

Question 49

49) The agent of tularaemia is transmitted only by ticks

Answer 49

false

Question 50

50) There are virulence variants of Francisella tularensis

Answer 50

true

Question 51

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

Answer 51

true

Question 52

52) Farm animals in Europe are widely vaccinated against tularaemia

Answer 52

false

Question 53

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

Answer 53

false

Question 54

54) Brown hares are susceptible to tularaemia

Answer 54

true

Question 55

55) Tularaemia can be frequently seen in cattle in Europe

Answer 55

false

Question 56

56) Francisella tularensis can infect humans

Answer 56

true