Infectious Disease Flashcards
What is the main disease transmitted by air?
TB
Hepatitis B is spread via?
Blood
What is the best way to prevent transmission of diseases?
Wash hands
Kaposis sarcoma is associated with which infectious disease?
HIV
Hepatitis produces pathological changes in the ____.
Liver
Which type of hepatitis is transmitted through oral
/fecal?
Hepatitis A
What is the only infectious disease that can be transmitted via air and blood?
Meningitis
Inflammation to the lining of the brain is associated with which infectious disease?
Meningitis
What is Kernigs sign?
Curl up in ball and extend knee. Pain with extension
Kernigs sign is associated with?
Meningitis
Petechial rashes and a stiff neck are associated with which infectious disease?
Meningitis
Hepa respirators should be worn when dealing with which infectious disease?
TB
Incubation time for rabies is?
9 days to 7 years
How is rubella spread?
Direct contact
Vectorborne route of transmission occurs via?
Bitten by tick
____ is contagious up to 3 days prior to outbreak.
Chickenpox
Pertussis/whooping cough usually occurs in children
6
How is pertussis/whooping cough transmitted?
Direct contact with infected droplets
_____ is a bacterial infection spread in sex with nasty discharge.
Gonorrhea
What is the varicella-zoster virus?
Chickenpox and shingles
Which law requires notification of exposure?
Ryan white law
What is a pathogen?
An organism capable of causing disease
What must be present for infection to occur?
Entry route, large quantity of germ, host, and the correct environment
Wheezing in children less than 1 year of age is considered to be?
RSV
HIV targets which cells?
T CELLS
Hepatitis E is spread how?
By drinking contaminated water
What should be worn while eating with a TB patient?
Hepa mask
Which form of meningitis is the true emergency that kills?
Bacterial
____ is the leading cause of preventable blindness.
Chlamydia
____ is an acute bacterial infection of the central nervous system.
Tetanus
