unit 6-17 quarantinable diseases Flashcards
what instructions governs quarantinable diseases
OPNAVINST 6210.2 and BUMEDINST 6210.4
Ship Sanitation Certificate Program instruction
BUMEDINST 6210.4
Quarantine Regulations of the Navy instruction
OPNAVINST 6210.2
Navy Entomology and Pest Control instruction
NAVMED P-5010 chapter 8
List some quarantinable diseases
Plague Infectious Tuberculosis Small Pox SARS Yellow fever Diphtheria Influenza caused by novel or reemergent influenza viruses Cholera Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
what is Cholera?
bacteria that causes it?
how do you get it?
acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine by Vibrio cholerae
1/20 people get profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting and leg cramps
drinking or eating contaminated w/ cholera bacterium
source of contamination is usually the feces of an infected person or raw shellfish
what are control methods of Cholera
active immunization w/ oral vaccines provide high levels of protection for several months
case report universally required by WHO and Medical Event Report (MER)
Isolation w/ enteric precautions of severely ill, HANDWASHING AND FLY CONTROL
concurrent disinfection
Disease of animals and humans caused by bacterium, Yersinia petis
bitten by a rodent flea
plague
forms of plaque
bubonic and pneumonic
form of plague in which lymphadenitis develops where flea bite
fever is usually present
bubonic
form of plague that has extensive involvement of lungs and respiratory outbreaks
pneumonic
methods of controlling plague
education
rat proofing
storage and disposal of food and garbage
patient isolation and concurrent disinfection
clothing repellants
case report universally required by WHO and MER
vaccination must be met prior to entering a country
method of control: insect repellant, protective clothing, mosquito netting
live virus vaccine
transmitted by Aedes Egypti
single dose over 9 months =immunity last 10+years
only administered at designated clinics
Yellow fever
when was last naturally occurring case of small pox?
when was it globally eradicated?
october 1977 in somalia
1979
Quarantine Regulations of the Navy instruction
OPNAVINST 6210.2