Yersinia Flashcards
1) Yersinia enterocolitica does not infect humans
false
2) Lesions caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis are always limited to the gut
false
3) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause a generalised disease in hares
true
4) Rodents and hares are susceptible to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
true
5) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause abortion in cattle
true
6) Focal inflammation and necrosis are postmortem lesions of the disease caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
true
7) Only rodents are susceptible to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
false
8) Some Yersinia enterocolitica strains have cross reaction with brucellae
true
9) Yersinia pestis is endemic in certain countries of Europe
false
10) Yersinia enterocolitica can infect pigs
true
11) Starvation and long, cold winter can predispose wild living animals to disease caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
true
12) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis mainly causes respiratory clinical signs in cattle
false
13) yersinia pestis has been eradicated from earth
false
14) yersinia enterocolitica generally infects hosts per os
true
15) fruits and vegetables can be the source of human infection by yersinia
true
16) the agent of the plague is transmitted by fleas
true
17) yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a zoonotic agent
true
18) diseases caused by yersinia pseudotuberculosis occur only in tropical areas
false
19) Diarrhoea is a common clinical sign of yersiniosis in pigs
true
20) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause diarrhoea
true
21) Carrier animals shed the agent of yersiniosis in the faeces.
true
22) Plague is caused by Yersinia pestis
true
23) Only rats are susceptible to plague
false
24) Fleas can transmit plague
true
25) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect brown hares
true
26) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause septicaemia is rodents
true
27) Farm animals are regularly vaccinated to prevent infection caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
false
28) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect humans
true
29) Plague is caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
false
30) Arthropods are involved in spreading of plague
true
31) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis has a wide host range
true
32) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is not a zoonotic agent
false
33) Yersinia enterocolitica can cause diarrhoea only in rodents
false
34) Yersinia enterocolitica can cause septicaemia.
true
35) Yersinia enterocolitica can cause lesions in the mesenteric lymph nodes
true
36) Yersinia enterocolitica can infect humans
true
37) Plague occurs in the United States
true
38) Only humans are susceptible to the agent of plague.
false
39) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis causes frequently clinical signs in rodents
true
40) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause enteritis
true
41) Yersinia enterocolitica can infect only swine
false
42) Yersinia enterocolitica can infect animals per os
true
43) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect rodents
true
44) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can colonize the gut
true
45) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis cause tuberculosis in wild living animals
false?
46) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can infect only rodents
false
47) Animals can be infected with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis mainly per os
true
48) Starvation of wild living animals is a predisposing factor of yersiniosis.
true
49) Infection with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is limited to the gut
false
50) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause septicaemia in rodents and hares
true
51) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause focal inflammation and necrosis in the parenchymal organs
true
52) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can survive in the environment
true
53) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause disease only in rodents
false
54) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis usually appears in tropical regions
false
55) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis generalizes in brown hares
true
56) The agent of yersiniosis cannot be cultured, PCR is the only way of its detection
false
57) Yersiniosis of rodents can be caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
true
58) Carrier animals shed the agent of yersiniosis in the faces
true
59) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause severe pleuropneumonia in rodents
false
60) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis can cause disease in hares
true
61) Infection caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is always limited to the gut
false
62) Primary replication sites of Y. enterocolitica are the tonsils and lymphoid tissue of gut
true
63) Y. enterocolitica has a narrow host range
false
64) Y. enterocolitica can be treated with tetracyclines
true
65) Swine is an important host of Y. enterocolitica
true
66) Chronic lesions caused by Y. enterocolitica resemble the lesions of tuberculosis.
false
67) Hare and chinchilla are most susceptible to Y. enterocolitica
false
68) Rodentiosis is caused by Y. pseudotuberculosis
true
69) Y. pseudotuberculosis is relatively resistant and replicates in the environment
true
70) Arthritis can occur in the chronic form of the Y. pseudotuberculosis
true
71) Lesions are most often seen in the small intestines in case of Y. pseudotuberculosis
false
72) Y. pseudotuberculosis is normally present in rodents
false
73) Y. pseudotuberculosis sporadically causes abortion in cattle
true
74) Y. pseudotuberculosis can cause inflammatory necrosis lesions in rodent
true
75) Disease caused by Y. pseudotuberculosis is common in rodents and hares.
true
