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PQS - Yersinioses✅ Flashcards

1
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Yersinia enterocolitica does not infect humans

A

F

ZOONOTIC

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2
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Lesions caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis are always limited to the gut

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F

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3
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause a generalised disease in hares

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T

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4
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Rodents and hares are susceptible to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

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T

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5
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause abortion in cattle

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T

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6
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Focal inflammation and necrosis are postmortem lesions of the disease caused by Yersinia
pseudotuberculosis

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T

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7
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Only rodents are susceptible to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

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F

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8
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Some Yersinia enterocolitica strains have cross reaction with brucellae

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T

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9
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Yersinia pestis is endemic in certain countries of Europe

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F

Present in central Asia and Western USA

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10
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Yersinia enterocolitica can infect pigs

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T

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11
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Starvation and long, cold winter can predispose wild living animals to disease caused by
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

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T

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12
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis mainly causes respiratory clinical signs in cattle

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F

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13
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yersinia pestis has been eradicated from earth

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F

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14
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yersinia enterocolitica generally infects hosts per os

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T

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15
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fruits and vegetables can be the source of human infection by yersinia

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T

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16
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the agent of the plague is transmitted by fleas

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T

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17
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yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a zoonotic agent

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T

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18
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diseases caused by yersinia pseudotuberculosis occur only in tropical areas

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F

Worldwide

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19
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Diarrhoea is a common clinical sign of yersiniosis in pig

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T

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20
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause diarrhoea

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T

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21
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Carrier animals shed the agent of yersiniosis in the faeces.

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T

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22
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Yersinia pestis has been eradicated from Earth

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F

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23
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Plague is caused by Yersinia pestis

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T

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24
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The Earth is free from plague

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F

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Only rats are susceptible to plague
F
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Fleas can transmit plague
T
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect brown hares
T
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause septicaemia is rodents
T
29
Farm animals are regularly vaccinated to prevent infection caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
F
30
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect humans
T
31
Plague is caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
F **Caused by Y. pestis**
32
Arthropods are involved in spreading of plague
T
33
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis has a wide host range
T
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is not a zoonotic agent
F
35
Yersinia enterocolitica can cause diarrhoea only in rodents
F **VERY wide host range: farm animals, cats, dogs, pigs, rodents, rabbits, horses**
36
Yersinia enterocolitica can cause septicaemia
T
37
Yersinia enterocolitica can cause lesions in the mesenteric lymph nodes
T
38
Yersinia enterocolitica can infect humans
T
39
Plague occurs in the United States
T
40
Only humans are susceptible to the agent of plague
F
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis causes frequently clinical signs in rodents
T
42
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause enteritis
T
43
Yersinia enterocolitica can infect only swine
F **Wide host range**
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Yersinia enterocolitica can infect animals per os
T
45
Yersinia enterocolitica is a zoonotic agent
T
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect rodents
T
47
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can colonize the gut
T
48
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis cause tuberculosis in wild living animals
F **Causes lesion similar to TB**
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect only rodents
F
50
Animals can be infected with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis mainly per os
T
51
Starvation of wild living animals is a predisposing factor of yersiniosis
T
52
Infection with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is limited to the gut
F
53
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause septicaemia in rodents and hares
T
54
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause focal inflammation and necrosis in the parenchymal organs
T
55
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can survive in the environment
T **good survival in the environment**
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause disease only in rodents
F
57
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis usually appears in tropical regions
F **Worldwide**
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis generalizes in brown hares.
T
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Yersinia enterocolitica does not infect humans
F
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The agent of yersiniosis cannot be cultured, PCR is the only way of its detection
F
61
Yersiniosis is a zoonosis
T
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Yersiniosis of rodents can be caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
T
63
Carrier animals shed the agent of yersiniosis in the faces
T
64
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause severe pleuropneumonia in rodents
F
65
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause disease in hares
T
66
Infection caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is always limited to the gut
F
67
Primary replication sites of Y. enterocolitica are the tonsils and lymphoid tissue of gut
T
68
Y. enterocolitica has a narrow host range
F **Wide host range***
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Y. enterocolitica can be treated with tetracyclines
T **Use broad spectrum AB**
70
Swine is an important host of Y. enterocolitica
T
71
Chronic lesions caused by Y. enterocolitica resemble the lesions of tuberculosis
F
72
Hare and chinchilla are most susceptible to Y. enterocolitica.
F
73
Rodentiosis is caused by Y. pseudotuberculosis.
T **Have several names: *1. Pseudotuberculosis 2. Rodentiosis 3. Yerseniosis***
74
Y. pseudotuberculosis is relatively resistant and replicates in the environment
T
75
Arthritis can occur in the chronic form of the Y. pseudotuberculosis
T
76
Lesions are most often seen in the small intestines in case of Y. pseudotuberculosis
F
77
Y. pseudotuberculosis is normally present in rodents.
F **But they are the primarily host**
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Y. pseudotuberculosis sporadically causes abortion in cattle
T
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Y. pseudotuberculosis can cause inflammatory necrosis lesions in rodent
T
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Disease caused by Y. pseudotuberculosis is common in rodents and hares
T

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