ID Bioterrorism/Poxviruses

Question 1

Anthrax Outbreak

Chest X-Ray examination usually shows the characteristic:

Answer 1

widening of the mediastinum

was not seen in several in outbreak in 2001

Question 2

Defense against biothreats

After an attack

Answer 2

Prevent additional attacks

Detect and identify the microbial threat

Coordinate public health to respond to the disease

Develop vaccines and drugs to prevent disease or treat patients

Scale up production and distribution

Deliver these to at-risk people in time… Stockpile drugs and vaccines against later threats

Question 3

are easily transmissible

high mortality rates and major public health impact

might cause public panic and social disruption

require special action for public health preparedness

Answer 3

Category A : Anthrax, Botulinum Toxin, Small Pox, Tularemia

Question 4

moderately easy to disseminate,
cause moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates
require enhanced diagnostic capacity
could be genetically enhanced for use as a weapon

Answer 4

Category B: Q-Fever, B. mallei, Ricin, Mycotoxins, Cholera

Question 5

After the eradication ofsmallpox, a horrific disease that kills 30% of people it infects, official stocks are only kept ___________?

Answer 5

at the CDC in Atlanta and at the Russian Vector lab in Novosibirsk.

Question 6

The last case of Smallpox in the United States in

Answer 6

– 1948

Question 7

Routine vaccination in the United States was discontinued in

Answer 7

1972.

Question 8

Immunity from small pox vaccination lasts

Answer 8

3-5 years

Question 9

Last case of Smallpox in the world occurred in _____. Last vaccinations were in 1986.

Answer 9

1977

Question 10

___________ has been stockpiled and theoretically there is enough to vaccinate the entire population of the U. S. according to the CDC.

Answer 10

Smallpox vaccine

The original stockpiled vaccine was diluted and found to be still effective.