Intro to Infectious Disease

Question 1

What is a zoonosis

Answer 1

Disease/ infection that can naturally be transmitted from vertebrate animal to humans (e.g. parasites, bacteria, viruses, fungal)

Question 2

What general population is susceptible to zoonoses?

Answer 2

Immunosuppressed

Question 3

Is there any correlation between pet ownership and zoonotic transmission?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

What percent of all infectious human diseases are zoonotic?

Answer 4

60%

Question 5

What percent of recent (past 25 years) emerging human diseases are zoonotic?

Answer 5

75%

Question 6

How is rabies transmitted?

Answer 6

Bites
Scratches
Aerosolized respiratory droplets

** Largest vectors are bats, raccoons, and skunks

Question 7

How many humans die annually due to rabies?

Answer 7

55,000

Primarily in Africa and Asia

Question 8

What pathogen in dog’s mouth can be threatening to immuncocompromised people?

Answer 8

Pasteurella

Question 9

What is the primary infectious cause of Lyme disease

Answer 9

Borrelia burgdorferi
Spirochete
Infects dogs, horses, and people

Question 10

What is the vector for Lyme disease

Answer 10

Deer tick

Question 11

What is the most common clinical signs of Lyme disease in dogs

Answer 11

Mono- or polyarthropathy

Question 12

What are clinical signs of human Lyme disease

Answer 12

Neurologic signs, facial paralysis