Mal, TB, HIV/AIDS quiz Flashcards
A vector is
any organism that carries and transmits an infectious agent into another organism
the following set of symptoms is the hallmark of malarial infection:
Chills, fever, anemia
The symptoms of malaria in humans are a result of…
all merozoites bursting from the red blood cells simultaneously
An invading pathogen multiplies within your body prior to causing any signs or symptoms of disease. Which stage of disease development is this
Period of incubation
An infection by mycobacterium tuberculosis that does not cause an individual to fall ill is known as which of the following
latent infection
During reverse transcription, HIV X is converted to X
Choose:
RNA - DNA
DNA - RNA
RNA -DNA
horizontal disease transmission differs from vertical disease transmission, because Vertical transmission is from X, while horizontal transmission is X.
parent to child
non-hereditary
The life of plasmodium requires …
a) A Tsetse fly and human
b) A male anopheles mosquito and a human
c) a female anopheles mosquito and a human
d) either sex
C)
Chloroquine is capable of killing Plasmodium inside..
the red blood cells
A zoonotic infection/disease is an infection or disease that can be transmitted from an … to …
animal to a human
In 2020, there were how many estimated cases of malaria worldwide?
240 million
Malaria can still develop in patients that have been treated appropriately because …
Plasmodium in the liver can avoid being killed by the drugs
If the basal reproductive number of an infectious disease is 15, this means
: that a person with the infection will infect 15 others in a population where everyone is susceptible
Fainting is/is not a sign of having active tuberculosis
is not
The spread of infection in a population is expressed as
basal reproductive number
In the Mantoux PPD Tuberculin Skin test, the following is measured to figure out if the test is positive:
the Induration
Inflammation of the lungs that is caused by infectious organisms or chemical or physical irritants is known as:
pneumonia
A possible sign of immune deficiency =
diarrhoea
Malaria medication does not prevent you to get it: parasite still goes to your liver. Just before it goes to bloodstream, it will die. Gaps in medication = problems!
ok
Multi-resistant TBC: symptoms occur after..
- Symptoms occur after 5,10,20 years
What is schistosomiasis?
A worm that goes to your liver, then after 10 weeks to GI tract and bladder and lays eggs -> eggs to ouside bladder: bleeding
Why does treatment against schistosomiasis not work (directly) after swimming?
Treatment only works on adult worm (10-12 weeks waiting until you treat it)
What could help against schistosomiasis?
Mosquito repellent before you go swimming could help
Why could an infection with schisto be potentially dangerous?
Damage in bladder and GI tract increases chance of cancer bc of scar tissue
