Zoonoses

Question 1

What is a reservoir?

Answer 1

Something that harbours an infection agent, without it harming itself. Can be living or inanimate

Question 2

What is direct transmission?

Answer 2

Requires direct or close contact between reservoir or host

Question 3

What is a fomite?

Answer 3

Thing, object or material that transmits infectious agent from reservoir or host

Question 4

What is indirect transmission?

Answer 4

Involves a fomite

Question 5

What are some examples of bacterial zoonoses? (4)

Answer 5

Brucellosis
Cat Scratch Fever
Leptospirosis
Salmonellosis

Question 6

What is Brucellosis?

Answer 6

STD causing aborted fetus

Can be passed to humans through undercooked meat

Question 7

What is Cat Scratch Fever?

Answer 7

Bacteria found in cat’s saliva, can be caught through flea’s feces (fomite)

Question 8

What is Leptospirosis?

Answer 8

Caused by contact with infected urine,

can cause acute kidney disease in humans

Question 9

What is the most common cause or salmonellosis?

Answer 9

Feeding raw diet

Question 10

What are some examples of Viral Zoonoses?

Answer 10

Rabies
Hantavirus
Avian Influenza

Question 11

How common is rabies in BC’s bat population?

Answer 11

0.5% of bats carry rabies

10% of bats behaving abnormally found to have rabies

Question 12

How is Hantavirus contracted?

Answer 12

Spread through contact with rodent feces

Question 13

What are examples of Parasitic Zoonoses?

Answer 13

Scabies (Mites)
Giardiasis (bever fever)
Toxoplasmosis (cats litter box)

Question 14

What are some examples of Mycotic Zoonosis?

Answer 14

Ringworm

Cryptococcus