NBS Microbiology- Epidemiology and Disease Control Flashcards

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What is on the national priorities list?
A. endangered animals
B. air pollution
C. hazardous waste sites

A

C

National waste sites

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Which state agency handles our chiropractic license?
A. Public Health Assessment
B. Department of Health
C. Department of Environmental health
D. Public Heath Department
A

B

DOH

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Bacilli=
A. Spring shaped
B. Spiral Shaped
C. Rod shaped
D. Spherical
A

C
ROD

Hit her from the BACk with the ROD

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Spirochetes=
A. Spring shaped
B. Spiral Shaped
C. Rod shaped
D. Spherical
A

Spiral

SPIRO=SPIRAL

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Cocci=
A. Spring shaped
B. Spiral Shaped
C. Rod shaped
D. Spherical
A

Spherical (circular)

two speherical things hang below your coc

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Sprilla:
A. Spring shaped
B. Spiral Shaped
C. Rod shaped
D. Spherical
A

Spring

SPRIL=SPRIG

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Which of the following describe a symbiosis:
A. One benefits, other doesn't care
B. One benefits, other eaten
C. Both benefit
D. 2 live together
A

D

2 live together

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Which represents a parasite:
A. One benefits, other doesn't care
B. One benefits, other eaten
C. Both benefit
D. 2 live together
A

B
One benefits, one eaten

*the host is eaten on
the parasite benefits

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Which represents mutualism: 
A. One benefits, other doesn't care
B. One benefits, other eaten
C. Both benefit
D. 2 live together
A

C
Both benefit

*its mutual

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Commensalism is when:
A. One benefits, other doesn't care
B. One benefits, other eaten
C. Both benefit
D. 2 live together
A

One is eaten and one doesn’t care

COMMUNIST DONT CARE

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11
Q
What is best for washing your fruits and veggies?
A. Water
B. Vinegar
C. Sodium water
D. Milk
A

Vinegar

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This would be gram + and found in tuna fish salads, eggs, and custard filled pastries. It also has an onset of 2-4 hours:
A. Staph
B. Botulism
C. Cholera
D. Mycobacterium Bovis
A

Staph

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13
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Botulism (+) can come from poorly canned veggies, and smoked fish with a typical onset of:
A. 2-4 hours
B. 2 weeks
C. 18-26 hours
D. months to years
A

18-26 hours

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What is one of the most common strands on E. Coli (-) :
A. 0157:H7
B. 0157:H2
C. 0175:H7
D. 0155:H5
A

A

0157:H7

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E. Coli (-) has an onset of ~2days. Which products would you commonly find E.Coli?
A. Water
B. Seafood
C. Tuna fish salad
D. Fruit exposed to fecal material
A

D

Also from undercooked meat and some veggies

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Which of the following would be found in hot dogs, unpasteurized milk and lunch meats?
A. Staph (+)
B. E. Coli (-)
C. Shigella (-)
D. Listeria (+)
A

Listeria (+)

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What is the onset for listeria (+)?
A. 2-4 hours
B. 2 weeks
C. 18-26 hours
D. months to years
A

2 weeks

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What is most commonly associated with poultry?
A. Shigella (-)
B. Cholera (-)
C. Salmonella (-)
D. Listeria (+)
A

Salmonella

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19
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If you ate salmonella infected chicken or eggs, how long would you expect to wait until you start to feel the wrath of it:
A. 12-24 days
B. 2 weeks
C. Months to years
D. 12-48 hours
A

D
12-48 hours

up to ~ 2days

20
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Which of the following is common in seafood and water and can lead to rice water stool?
A. Shigella (-)
B. E.Coli (-)
C. Cholera (-)
D. Cholera (+)
A

Cholera (-)

it is gram negative

21
Q
This can be found in raw milk and eventually could lead to tuberculosis with an onset of months to years:
A. Shigella (-)
B. Mycobacterium Bovis
C. Cholera (-)
D. Francisella Tularensis
A

B

Mycobacterium Bovis

22
Q
What is the onset for eating undercooked meat with francisella tularensis?
A. 2 days
B. 24-48 hours
C. 1 hour
D. Few hours to 3 weeks
A

few hours to 3 weeks

kind of a risk spread eh

23
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What are Arboviruses?
A. Viruses spread by insects
B. Viruses spread by fish
C. Viruses spread by snakes
D. Viruses spread by water
A

A

24
Q
What is a very common trait associated with mosquito spread arboviruses?
A. Encephalitis
B. Bulls eye rash
C. Vomiting
D. Eye pain
A

A

When in doubt select encephalitis for mosquito spread

25
Q
Which of the following would look like a bulls eye rash?
A. Colorado tick  fever
B. Rocky mtn. spotted faver
C. Lyme disease
D. Yellow fever
A

Lyme disease

26
Q
Which of the following is NOT spread by a tick?
A. Colorado tick  fever
B. Rocky mtn. spotted faver
C. Lyme disease
D. Yellow fever
A

Yellow fever

27
Q
Oh no, you have a patient with sudden fever, severe headaches, seizures and might have just slipped into a coma. He might have bitten by a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ infected with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. (50% infected with this will die)
A. Tick, Lyme disease
B. Mosquito, Eastern Equine Encephalitis
C. Mosquito, Western Equine Encephalitis
D. Mosquito, West Nile
A

B
Mosquito
Eastern Equine Encephalitis

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Q
What is the unique side effect of California Encephalitis?
A. Vomiting
B. Bleeding
C. Fever
D. Abdominal Pain
A

Abdominal pain is the odd ball

*you always gotta have abs on the beaches of california

29
Q
If you had yellow fever, what might occur that is abnormal to other mosquito spread diseases?
A. Vomiting
B. Stiff neck
C. Nose bleed
D. Abdominal Pain
A

Nose bleed

30
Q
Which of the following is associated with a stiff neck, vomiting and ~3% death.
A. Lyme disease
B. Eastern Equine Encephalitis
C. Western Equine Encephalitis
D. West Nile
A

C
Western Equine Encephalitis

*if you look West when the sun is setting you’ll probably vomit and have stiff neck

31
Q
Elderly people are most commonly effected by:
A. Lyme disease
B. Yellow fever
C. St. Louis Encephalitis
D. Rift Valley Fever
A

St. Louis encephalitis

old people live under the arch

32
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Which of the following could cause bleeding:
A. Lyme disease
B. Yellow fever
C. St. Louis Encephalitis
D. Rift Valley Fever
A

Rift Valley fever

33
Q
Which tick spread disease can result in headache, chills, and eye pain?
A. Colorado tick fever
B. Lyme disease
C. Rocky Mtn. spotted fever
D. Dengue fever
A

A

Colorado tick fever

34
Q
Which is not a tick spread disease?
A. Colorado tick fever
B. Lyme disease
C. Rocky Mtn. spotted fever
D. Dengue fever
A

Dengue

this is mosquito

35
Q
Rocky Mtn. Spotted Fever would involve:
A. Bulls eye rash
B. Rash on hands and feet
C. youve had that extra pair of gloves this whole time
D. That John dever is full of shit
A

B

rash on hands and feet

36
Q

What are the 4 major RE-Emerging diseases?

TSMM

A

Tuberculosis
Small pox
Malaria
Mumps

37
Q
This emerging disease is the most common food borne disease and involves a 1-2 incubation period?
A. Lyssa Virus
B. Nipah virus
C. Norovirus
D. Avain influenza
A

Norovirus

38
Q
What is the code for Avain influenze (bird blue)?
A. H3N1
B. H1N5
C. H5N1
D. 0157:H7
A

C
H5N1

it takes 5 hawks to kill 1 Nematode

39
Q
This emerging disease can be fatal and is carried by pigs and bats:
A. Nipah Fever
B. Lyssa Fever
C. Chandipura Virus
D. Norovirus
A

Nipah

*take you respiratory system out

40
Q
This is also known as Tsutsugamushi fever and has a maculopapular rash?
A. Nipah fever
B. Lyssa fever
C. Scrub typhus
D. Chandipura Virus
A

Scrub Typhus

  • u better scrub that maculopapular rash off
41
Q
Lyssa virus is \_\_\_\_\_\_ and leads to death.
A. Rabies like
B. Carried by pigs
C. Caused by person to person contact
D. Found in S.E. Asia
A

Rabies like

42
Q
Which of the following can lead to death via mosquito bites?
A. Nipah fever
B. Lyssa fever
C. Scrub typhus
D. Chandipura Virus
A

D

Chandipura virus

43
Q
Which of the following is NOT category A on the biodefense list?
A. Lassa Fever
B. Ebola
C. Mumps
D. Small pox
A

Mumps

44
Q
Which of the following is NOT category A on the biodefense list?
A. Nipah fever
B. Botulism
C. Flavirus (dengue)
D. Anthrax
A

Nipah fever

45
Q
Which of the following is NOT category A on the biodefense list?
A. Tularemia
B. Bunya Virus
C. Malaria
D. Hantavirus
A

Malaria