Incubation

Question 1

10-21 days

Answer 1

Chicken pox

Question 2

Common cold

Answer 2

12 hours – 5 days (average 48 hours)

Question 3

Conjunctivitis

Answer 3

24-72 hours

Question 4

Hepa A

Answer 4

15-50 days; average 30 days.
Disease follows mild course & lasts 2-6weeks

Question 5

Hepa B

Answer 5

4-25 weeks; average 8-12 weeks

Question 6

Hepa C

Answer 6

2-25 weeks; avge 7-9 weeks. Disease may be dormant 10-20 years before symptoms

Question 7

HIV

Answer 7

Variable. May develop detectable antibodies 1-3 months. Variable time from HIV infection to diagnosis of AIDS

Question 8

İnfluenza

Answer 8

1-4 days
Peak flu season is late December through March.

Question 9

Measles

Answer 9

7-14 days; average 10 days

Question 10

Meningitides

Answer 10

2-4 days up to 10 days

Question 11

Monkey pox

Answer 11

12 days

Question 12

MRSA

Answer 12

None

Question 13

Mumps

Answer 13

12-25 days

Question 14

Pertusis- whooping cough

Answer 14

6-20 days

Question 15

Pneumonia

Answer 15

None

Question 16

Rubella german measles

Answer 16

12-19 days

Question 17

Sars

Answer 17

2-10 days

Question 18

Scabies

Answer 18

2-6 weeks before onset of itching. Reexposure – symptoms develop in 1-4 days.

Question 19

Shingles

Answer 19

None

Question 20

Small pox

Answer 20

12-14 days but can range 7-17 days. Not contagious until the rash
emerges.

Question 21

TB

Answer 21

4-12-weeks
Persons most susceptible: HIV,
close contact with TB pt, immunocompro- mised, foreign borne in country with high TB rate, Some HCW & prison guards, malnourished, ETOH & drug users.

Question 22

VRE

Answer 22

None

Question 23

West niles virus

Answer 23

Usually 3-14 days Infection is suspected based on clinical symptoms and history and confirmed with a laboratory test measuring the antibodies that are produced early

Question 24

Bird flu

Answer 24

Be cautious of patients with recent travel within last 10 days to countries with the bird flu activity