International Quarantinable Disease

Question 1

Quarantinable Diseases OPNAVINST

Answer 1

6210.2

Question 2

purpose of quarantinable disease regulations

Answer 2

Regulations are intended to prevent the introduction and dissemination of diseases affecting:

Human, plants, and animals
illegally taken wildlife
Arthropod vectors
pests of health/agricultural importance

Question 3

quarantinable diseases

Answer 3

cholera
diphtheria 
infectious TB 
plague 
smallpox 
yellow fever 
Viral hemorrhagic fever 
SARS 
influenza viruses with potential to become pandemics

Question 4

what is cholera

Answer 4

an acute, diarrheal disease caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

Question 5

sx of cholera

Answer 5

profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps

Question 6

how does a person get cholera?

Answer 6

drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium

Question 7

when cholera is an epidemic, the source of the contamination is usually what?

Answer 7

feces of an infected person

Question 8

areas where cholera bacterium live

Answer 8

areas with inadequate treatment of sewage and drinking water. may also live in brackish rivers and coastal waters.

Question 9

what are some foods that have been a source of Cholera

Answer 9

shellfish eaten raw.

Question 10

can the cholera disease be spread directly from one person to another

Answer 10

no

Question 11

methods of control of cholera

Answer 11

immz with oral vaccines.

isolation with enteric precautions of severely ill patients, hand washing, fly control.

concurrent disinfection of feces and vomitus of linens and articles used by patients

Question 12

what is the name of the bacterium that causes plague

Answer 12

Yersinia Pestis

Question 13

two clinical forms of plague

Answer 13

bubonic

pneumonic

Question 14

sx of bubonic plague

Answer 14

lymphadenitis, fever

Question 15

sx of pneumonic plague

Answer 15

involvement of lungs, sputum loaded with causative agent.

Question 16

methods of control for plague

Answer 16

reduce likelihood of people being bitten by fleas.

Question 17

what is yellow fever

Answer 17

a viral disease transmitted between human by a mosquito (aedes egypti)

Question 18

methods of control for yellow fever

Answer 18

the use of insect repellent, protective clothing, and mosquito netting

immunizations

isolation

Question 19

what is small pox

Answer 19

systemic viral disease generally presenting with a characteristic skin eruption within 2-4 days.

Question 20

how is smallpox spread

Answer 20

via respiratory tract (droplet spread) or skin inoculation

Question 21

last year of acquired case of smallpox

Answer 21

october 1977, in somalia

Question 22

what year was smallpox declared eradicated by the WHO

Answer 22

1979

Question 23

methods of control for small pox (variola virus)

Answer 23

immunization with vaccinia virus

Question 24

what is the instruction number for Quarantine Regulations of the Navy

Answer 24

OPNAVINST 6210.2

Question 25

What chapter of the NAVMED P 5010 deals with Navy Etymology and Pest Control Techniques

Answer 25

chapter 8.

Question 26

BUMEDINST for Ship Sanitation Certificate Program

Answer 26

6210.4

Question 27

in the last 15 days prior to arrival into a US port, what two conditions and illnesses be reported

Answer 27

patient with 100 F or greater accompanied by a rash, glandular swelling, or jaundice for more than 48 hrs

diarrheas greater than normal in the last 24 hrs.

Question 28

who does the CO message and how many prior to pulling into port does he send his message.

Answer 28

Senior Naval Officer in command of the port to be entered.

12-72 hrs prior .