Viruses Transmitted By Animal Vectors

Question 0

What virus can rats transmit?

Answer 0

Hantavirus

Question 1

What virus can be transmitted via poultry?

Answer 1

Influenza

Also by pigs

Question 2

What can transmit monkey pox?

Answer 2

Rodents

Question 3

What transmits yellow fever?

Answer 3

The tiger mosquito

Question 4

What transmits Ebola virus?

Answer 4

Monkeys, bats

Question 5

What can transmit Rabies?

Answer 5

Dogs, foxes, bats

Question 6

Can you get rabies, pseudo measles, yellow fever, dengue fever & arboencephalitis from another human?

Answer 6

NO

Only vector-human transmission

Question 7

What is encephalitis?

Answer 7

Brain inflammation

Question 8

Name the yellow fever vaccine

Answer 8

The 17D vaccine

Question 9

What do you catch Dengue fever from? Is there a vaccine?

Answer 9

Female Mosquitos

No treatment or vaccine

Question 10

Name a virus that kills insects & is used in pest control

Answer 10

CIV

Question 11

What viruses can female Mosquitos transmit?

Answer 11

Lacrosse
Yellow fever
Dengue

Question 12

What is the mortality rate if yellow fever?

Answer 12

50%

Flu is 5%

Question 13

What’s the major protein that makes up the dengue virus surface?

Answer 13

E protein (e for envelope)

Question 14

What’s the mortality rate of denguevirus infection that causes ‘breakbone fever’

Answer 14

20%

Question 15

What virus can cause hemorrhagic fever?

Answer 15

Hantavirus