Yersinia Flashcards
Yersinia enterocolitica does not infect humans
False
Lesions caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis are always limited to the gut
False
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause a generalised disease in hares
True
Rodents and hares are susceptible to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause abortion in cattle
True
Focal inflammation and necrosis are postmortem lesions of the disease caused by Yersinia
pseudotuberculosis
True
Only rodents are susceptible to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
False
Some Yersinia enterocolitica strains have cross reaction with brucellae
True
Yersinia pestis is endemic in certain countries of Europe
False
Yersinia enterocolitica can infect pigs
True
Yersinia enterocolitica can infect pigs
True
Starvation and long, cold winter can predispose wild living animals to disease caused by
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis mainly causes respiratory clinical signs in cattle
False
Yersinia pestis has been eradicated from earth
False
Yersinia enterocolitica generally infects hosts per os
True
Fruits and vegetables can be the source of human infection by yersinia
True
The agent of the plague is transmitted by fleas
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a zoonotic agent
True
Diseases caused by yersinia pseudotuberculosis occur only in tropical areas
False
Diarrhoea is a common clinical sign of yersiniosis in pigs
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause diarrhoea
True
Carrier animals shed the agent of yersiniosis in the faeces
True
Yersinia pestis has been eradicated from Earth
False
Plague is caused by Yersinia pestis
True
The Earth is free from plague
False
Only rats are susceptible to plague
False
Fleas can transmit plague
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect brown hares
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause septicaemia is rodents
True
Farm animals are regularly vaccinated to prevent infection caused by Yersinia
pseudotuberculosis
False
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect humans
True
Plague is caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
False
Arthropods are involved in spreading of plague
True
Arthropods are involved in spreading of plague
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis has a wide host range
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is not a zoonotic agent
False
Yersinia enterocolitica can cause diarrhoea only in rodents
False
Yersinia enterocolitica can cause septicaemia
True
Yersinia enterocolitica can cause lesions in the mesenteric lymph nodes
True
Yersinia enterocolitica can infect humans
True
Plague occurs in the United States
True
Only humans are susceptible to the agent of plague
False
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis causes frequently clinical signs in rodents
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause enteritis
True
Yersinia enterocolitica can infect only swine
False
Yersinia enterocolitica can infect animals per os
True
Yersinia enterocolitica is a zoonotic agent
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect rodents
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can colonize the gut
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis cause tuberculosis in wild living animals
False
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect only rodents
False
Animals can be infected with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis mainly per os
True
Starvation of wild living animals is a predisposing factor of yersiniosis
True
Infection with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is limited to the gut
False
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause septicaemia in rodents and hares
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause focal inflammation and necrosis in the parenchymal
organs
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can survive in the environment
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause disease only in rodents
False
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis usually appears in tropical regions
False
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis generalizes in brown hares
True
Yersinia enterocolitica does not infect humans
False
The agent of yersiniosis cannot be cultured, PCR is the only way of its detection
False
Yersiniosis is a zoonosis
True
Yersiniosis of rodents can be caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
True
Carrier animals shed the agent of yersiniosis in the faces
True
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause severe pleuropneumonia in rodents
False
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause disease in hares
True
Infection caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is always limited to the gut
False
Primary replication sites of Y. enterocolitica are the tonsils and lymphoid tissue of gut
True
Y. enterocolitica has a narrow host range
False
Y. enterocolitica can be treated with tetracyclines
True
Swine is an important host of Y. enterocolitica
True
Chronic lesions caused by Y. enterocolitica resemble the lesions of tuberculosis
False
Hare and chinchilla are most susceptible to Y. enterocolitica
False
Rodentiosis is caused by Y. pseudotuberculosis
True
Y. pseudotuberculosis is relatively resistant and replicates in the environment
True
Arthritis can occur in the chronic form of the Y. pseudotuberculosis
True
Lesions are most often seen in the small intestines in case of Y. pseudotuberculosis
False
Y. pseudotuberculosis is normally present in rodents
False
Y. pseudotuberculosis sporadically causes abortion in cattle
True
Y. pseudotuberculosis can cause inflammatory necrosis lesions in rodent
True
Disease caused by Y. pseudotuberculosis is common in rodents and hares
True