Infections in Travellerss

Question 1

Most common cause of fatal pneumonia in NT?

Answer 1

Melioidosis

Question 2

most common infection when travelling?

Answer 2

traveller’s diarrhoea

Question 3

Travel medicine most common diagnosis for returned travellers?

Answer 3

Malaria

Question 4

2 most common febrile returned traveller disease?

Answer 4

Dengue

Typhoid

Question 5

3 most common modes of disease transmission in Travel medicine

Answer 5

vector borne
resp
food/water

Question 6

what is second most frequent cause of illness in Travel medicine?

Answer 6

resp infections

Question 7

Most common resp infection in travellers?

Answer 7

influenza

Question 8

most common rep infection in older travellers?

Answer 8

legionnaires disease

Question 9

most common vaccine preventable disease in Travel medicine?

Answer 9

influenza

Question 10

3 geosentinel surveillance network areas high for malaria

Answer 10

africa
subsaharan africa
oceania

Question 11

which sex gets more malaria?

Answer 11

males

Question 12

which sex gets more dengue fever?

Answer 12

both around the same

Question 13

Which plasmodium is fast and drug resistance?

Answer 13

plasmodium falciparum

Question 14

Plasmodium vivax clinical feature?

Answer 14

can lie dormant and relapse many years later

Question 15

largest group of malaria acquiring travellers?

Answer 15

visiting friends and relatives

Question 16

more cases a clinic sees of malaria…

Answer 16

better the outcome

Question 17

how long for fatal plasmodium falciform?

Answer 17

5 days

Question 18

2 highest activities associated with HepB while travelling?

Answer 18

water sports

motorcycle

Question 19

top 2 mortality in travelers?

Answer 19

cardiovascular

injury unintentional

Question 20

who are less likely to seek pre-travel medical advice?

Answer 20

young males

Question 21

how are high risk travellers?

Answer 21

immunocompromosed
preg
high risk locations
young/old
VFR