Francisella tularensis - Tularaemia Flashcards
1) Francisella tularensis can cause epidemics among slaughterhouse workers
true
2) Hunters can be infected with Francisella tularensis during skinning of wild hares
true
3) Tularaemia is an occupational disease
true
4) Focal infection and necrosis can be seen in the parenchymal organs in the case of tularaemia
true
5) Clinical signs of tularaemia are mainly seen in cattle
false
6) The causative agent of tularaemia is Francisella tularensis
true
7) Tularaemia can be found mainly on the southern hemisphere
false
8) Slide agglutination test cannot be used in the serodiagnostics od Tularaemia
false
9) Ticks are true vectors of tularaemia
true
10) Mouse inoculation is a frequently used method during isolation of Francisella tularensis from pathological samples
true
11) Clinical signs of tularaemia can be seen only in hares
false
12) Tularaemia is a fast and acute disease in mice
true
13) Tularemia does not occur in Europe
false
14) The reservoir host of the agent of tularemia is the hare
true
15) The agent of tularemia can be transmitted by ticks, mosquitoes and other blood sucking arthropods
true
16) Francisella tularensis is a fastidious bacterium species which needs special medium for propogation
true
17) Rabbit is not susceptible to Francisella tularensis
true
18) Francisella tularensis is a soil microorganism
false
19) Francisella tularensis causes chronic infection in wild hare
true
20) Francisela tularensis subsp. Tularensis occurs in America
true
21) The agent of tularaemia can be transmitted by ticks
true
22) Tularaemia can occur only in hares
false
23) Tularaemia is a zoonosis
true
24) European Brown Hare is the reservoirs of the agent of tularaemia in Europe
true
25) Francisella tularemia in humans is frequently caused through skin wounds
true
26) Tularaemia affects only sheep in Hungary
false
27) Ticks have an important role in transmission of tularaemia
true
28) Tularemia occurs only in America
false
29) Tularemia occurs frequently in hares
true
30) Francisella tularensis ssp. holartica is highly virulent
false
31) Francisella is a facultative pathogen
true
32) Francis blood agar can be used for its isolation
true
33) Tularaemia will cause more severe disease in lagomorph and rodents
true
34) Hunters can contract tularemia whilst skinning the animal
true
35) Tularaemia causes severe clinical signs in susceptible animals
true
36) Tube agglutination is the best way to diagnose tularaemia
true
37) Encephalitis is the main clinical sign of tularemia in humans
false
38) There are differences in the virulence of the causative agents of tularemia
true
39) Septicemia is part of the pathogenesis of tularemia
true
40) Mosquitoes are involved in spreading of tularemia
true
41) Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis is in Europe
false
42) Hares spread the bacteria Francisella with urine
false, should be true
43) Ticks play a role in maintaining the presence of tularaemia
true
44) Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica is the causative agent of tularaemia in Europe
true
45) European brown hare is the reservoir of the agent of tularaemia in Europe
true
46) Hamsters and mice are very susceptible to the agent of tularaemia
true
47) Ticks can transmit the agent of tularaemia
true
48) Sheep are regularly vaccinated to prevent tularaemia in Europe
false
49) The agent of tularaemia is transmitted only by ticks
false
50) There are virulence variants of Francisella tularensis
true
51) Slide agglutination test is used to recognize tularaemia infection in live animals
true
52) Farm animals in Europe are widely vaccinated against tularaemia
false
53) Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis is the most frequent subspecies of the agent in Europe
false
54) Brown hares are susceptible to tularaemia
true
55) Tularaemia can be frequently seen in cattle in Europe
false
56) Francisella tularensis can infect humans
true
