Sources of Infectious Diseases

Question 1

1) Veterinarians can cause iatrogenic infections

Answer 1

true

Question 2

2) Arthropod borne infections are direct infections

Answer 2

false

Question 3

3) Arthropod born infections are indirect infections

Answer 3

true

Question 4

4) Arthropods can be involved in indirect infections

Answer 4

true

Question 5

5) Venereal infections is a direct infection

Answer 5

true

Question 6

6) In the case of iatrogenic infections the infective agents are transmitted by the veterinarian

Answer 6

true

Question 7

7) Drinking water cannot transmit infective agents since it is hypoosmotic

Answer 7

false

Question 8

8) In case of direct infection tissues of the infected animal are contacted with tissues of the host

Answer 8

true

Question 9

the case of aerogenic infection the agents are transmitted with air

Answer 9

true

Question 10

10) Aerogenic infection is a form of direct infection

Answer 10

false

Question 11

11) Infective agents cannot survive in the soil, so soil cannot be a source of infection

Answer 11

false

Question 12

12) Direct infection happens when infected animals pass the infection with water

Answer 12

false

Question 13

13) The arthropod is a true vector, if it brings the pathogen into a susceptible animal

Answer 13

false

Question 14

14) The arthropod is a true vector, if the pathogen also replicates in the susceptible animal.

Answer 14

true

Question 15

15) The arthropod is a true vector, if it propagates in the pathogen

Answer 15

true

Question 16

16) The arthropod is a true vector, if it can take the pathogen to a further distance

Answer 16

false

Question 17

17) Infection cannot happen through water since bacteria and viruses are inactivated in water

Answer 17

false

Question 18

18) Meat is never involved in transmission of infections since fermentation of meat kills agents

Answer 18

false