Microbiology Intro 1.

Question 1

What is the most reliable source of information about microbes?

Answer 1

CDC

Question 2

reportable condition

Answer 2

one where every case must be reported at the state level

Question 3

notifiable condition

Answer 3

one in which data must be forwarded to the CDC

Question 4

What microbes have there been a gradual increase of in the 21st century?

Answer 4

pertussis, legionella

Question 5

SARS

Answer 5

2003 severe actue respiratory syndrome - started in China - attributed to animal coronavirus

Question 6

Swine flu

Answer 6

2009 H1N1 started in Mexico - triple-recombination between human and animal influenza

Question 7

MERS

Answer 7

2012-2014 Middle East respiratory syndrome - started in Saudi Arabia - attributed to coronavirus

Question 8

Ebola

Answer 8

2014-15 sudden resurgence of hemorrhagic fever is west africa - transmitted by body fluids

Question 9

What three diseases may be due to infectious agents?

Answer 9

alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, type 2 diabetes (transmission resembles an infectious condition)

Question 10

influenza, pneumonia, gonorrhea, AIDS, measles, common cold. Arrange from highest incidence to lowest incidence

Answer 10

common cold, gonorrhea, influenze, AIDS, pneumonia, measles

Question 11

How is data reported by the CDC?

Answer 11

by actual case numbers and by incidence (newly diagnosed cases per 100,000 population - prevalence (existing cases per 100,000) NOT reported

Question 12

How doe the CDC report non-reportable conditions? (common cold, food poisoning)

Answer 12

operates surveillance systems that provide estimates