Tularemia

Question 1

Most virulent sps of tularemia ? Region and mortality

Answer 1

North America
A and 5-5%

Question 2

Talk about tyoe B

Answer 2

Mortality less than 5% and it causes tularemia in Europe and asia

Question 3

List the forms of tularemia

Answer 3

Ulceroglandular
Glandular
Typhoidal
Pneumonic
Septic
Oculoglandular
Oropharyngeal

Question 4

List the routes if transmissions

Answer 4

Skin - handling infected animals
GIT coining contaminated meat poorly
Resp tract. Aerosol inhalation

Skin- bite of blood sucking deer flies and wood ticks

Question 5

What hemisphere is tuleremia highly prevalent

Answer 5

The northern

Question 6

They form spores

Answer 6

They do not

Question 7

Found in where

Answer 7

Soul water moist hay straw decaying animal carcasses

Question 8

Considering the reservoirs
What size are the natural reservoirs

Answer 8

Small and medium sized
Rabbits
Rats
Muskrats
Squirrels
Lemmings
Mice

Question 9

List some vectors

Answer 9

Ticks
Mosquitos
Biting flies

Question 10

Which mosquito transmits tuleremia

Answer 10

Culex mosquitos

Question 11

Francisella tularemia is a _____ staining … ______gram ______

Answer 11

Weakly staining
Negative
Coccibacilli

Question 12

Size

Answer 12

0.2-0.7 nm

Question 13

Considering the morphology of the organism is it motile or not

Answer 13

Not

Question 14

what stain ?

Answer 14

Giemsa stain
Bipolar staining

Question 15

Catalase positive or negative

Answer 15

Positive

Question 16

Young cultures are ______ in appearance and older cultures show ________

Answer 16

Uniform … pleomorphism

Question 17

Carbs are disssimilated______ with the ________

Answer 17

Slowly with the production of acid but no gas

Question 18

Has a capsule.. describe

Answer 18

It has a thick capsule and it is responsible for the virulence

Question 19

Lipid conc in the capsule and cell wall values

Answer 19

50:70

Question 20

Regarding culture characteristics
1. Optimal growth and growth range
2. _____ growing with requirement _____

Answer 20

37
24-39

Slow growing
Iron and cysteine

Question 21

What about hemolysis

Answer 21

No true hemolysis just greenish discoloration

Question 22

Treatment of tularemia

Answer 22

Tetracyclines and chloramphenicol

Question 23

WHich detection method is more accurate and sensitive

Answer 23

TRF is more accurate than ELISA

Question 24

List other detection systems

Answer 24

Mass spectrometry
TRF
ELISA
PCR

Question 25

Vaccines can’t be used for treatment after exposure why

Answer 25

TKes too long to have effect