Zoonosis

Question 1

1) Zoonotic agents can cause disease in animals and humans

Answer 1

true

Question 2

2) In the case of cyclozoonoses arthropods are responsible for maintaining the infections

Answer 2

false
Cyclozoonoses require more than 1 vertebrate but no invertebrate host

Question 3

3) If agents are passed from animals to humans, we speak about zoonosis

Answer 3

true

Question 4

4) If humans infect animals we speak about metazoonoses

Answer 4

false
Metazoonoses require both a vertebrate and invertebrate as part of life cycle

Question 5

5) Cyclozoonoses require an arthropod for transmission

Answer 5

true but should be false

Question 6

6) In the case of zoonotic diseases animals and humans can infect each other

Answer 6

true

Question 7

7) In the case of saprozoonoses animals and humans are infected from the same source

Answer 7

true
Requires both a vertebrate host and a nonanimal reservoir or developmental site for completion of its life cycle

Question 8

1) In case of secondary infection, a bacterium infects an individual, which is already infected with a pathogen

Answer 8

true

Question 9

2) In case of secondary infection, a new pathogen infects an already cured animal

Answer 9

false

Question 10

3) In case of secondary infection, two pathogens infect the host simultaneously

Answer 10

false

Question 11

4) In case of secondary infection, one of the agents is always a virus

Answer 11

false