MT4 - Tularaemia (R) Flashcards
Francisella tularensis can cause epidemics among slaughterhouse workers
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zoonosis
Hunters can be infected with Francisella tularensis during skinning of wild hares.
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Tularaemia is an occupational disease.
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Focal infection and necrosis can be seen in the parenchymal organs in the case of tularaemia.
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Clinical signs of tularaemia are mainly seen in cattle.
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sheep, horse, piglet
The causative agent of tularaemia is Francisella tularensis
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Tularaemia can be found mainly on the southern hemisphere
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northern hemisphere
Slide agglutination test cannot be used in the serodiagnostics od Tularaemia:
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Ticks are true vectors of tularaemia:
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blood sucking arthropods
Mouse inoculation is a frequently used method during isolation of Francisella tularensis from
pathological samples
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Isolation of the bacteria via mouse passage
Clinical signs of tularaemia can be seen only in hares:
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Tularaemia is a fast and acute disease in mice:
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Tularemia does not occur in Europe:
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The reservoir host of the agent of tularemia is the hare:
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The agent of tularemia can be transmitted by ticks, mosquitoes and other blood sucking arthropods:
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Francisella tularensis is a fastidious bacterium species which needs special medium for propogation:
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Rabbit is not susceptible to Francisella tularensis
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Francisella tularensis is a soil microorganism:
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Francisella tularensis causes chronic infection in wild hare:
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Francisela tularensis subsp. Tularensis occurs in America:
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north america
The agent of tularaemia can be transmitted by ticks
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Europe is free from Tularaemia
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F. t. ssp. holarctica
Tularaemia can occur only in hares
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Tularaemia is a zoonosis
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