Past exam questions Flashcards
Which agent is spread mechanically by the hog louse?
a. Mycoplasma suis
b. Anaplasma marginale
c. Bartonella quintana
d. Rickettsia prowazekii
a. Mycoplasma suis
What is the objective of epidemiology?
a. To study the occurrence of infectious disease in populations
b. To study disease in populations and of factors that determine their occurrence; the key word being populations
c. To build mathematics models for
b. To study disease in populations and of factors that determine their occurrence; the key word being populations
Which is / are vector(s) of Rickettsia felis?
a. All three
b. Xenopsylla cheopis
c. Ctenocephalides felis
d. Archaeopsylla erinacei
c. Ctenocephalides felis
What kind of vectors are tabanids in the transmission of Anaplasma marginale?
a. Mechanical
b. Biological with transovarial transmission
c. Biological with stercorarian transmission
d. None of these
a. Mechanical
SENSITIVity is the probability that a truly … animal will be identified by the diagnostic test as …
Fill in: Diseased and diseased
Which agent is connected properly to its characteristic mode of transmission by hard ticks?
a. Anaplama marginale - intrastadial
b. Anaplasma marginale - transovarial
c. Rickettsiae - intrastadial
d. Rickettsiae - stereovarian
a. Anaplama marginale - intrastadial
SPECIFICity is the probability that a truly … animal will be identified by the diagnosis test as …
Fill in: non-diseased and non-diseased
Which has a peak activity around summer?
a. H. conncina
b. D. marginatus
c. D. reticulatus
d. H. inermis and H. punctata
a. H. conncina
What is the causative agent of DEBONEL?
a. Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia conorii
b. Rickettsia helvetica
c. Anaplasma marginale
d. Anaplasma phagocytophilum
a. Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia conorii
In which tick genus does both the rectangular (in case of adult and in case of nymph) basis capitali occur?
a. Dermacentor
b. Ixodes
c. Haemaphysalis
d. Rhipicephalus
a. Dermacentor
Which of the Haemophysalis species that shows increasing importance in several European countries, and carries Rickettsia helvetica with higher prevalence than the known vector of the latter?
a. H. inermis
b. H. sulcata
c. H. conncina
d. H. punctata
a. H. inermis
What is prevalence?
a. It represents the fraction of existing cases in the population
b. The probability that the diagnostic test result of a truly diseased animal will be positive
c. The probability that the diagnostic test result of a truly non-diseased animal will be negative
a. It represents the fraction of existing cases in the population
What is the name of the new mosquito species in Europe?
a. Aedes albopictus
b. Aedes aegypti
c. Culex pipiens
b. Aedes aegypti
What is the most primitive blood feeding behaviour of vectors?
a. Telmophagy
b. Solenophagy
c. Homophagy
a. Telmophagy
… is the overall ability of a vector species in a given location at a specific time to transmit a pathogen
a. Vector activity
b. Vector capacity
c. Vector competence
b. Vector capacity
Which is the mosquito borne pathogen?
a. Bartonella henselae
b. Yersinia pestis
c. West Nile virus
c. West Nile virus