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Zoonotic Disease Flashcards

1
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What is anthroponoses?

A

disease that people get from other people

human reservior

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T or F: 60% of all pathogens of human beings are zoonoses?

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True

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What are examples of zoonoses?

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Rabies
Mycobacterium bovis
Yersinia pestis
Bacillus anthracis

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4
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What is the “cost” of zoonotic disease?

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cost in human health

economic cost such as treatment cost

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T or F: Zoonoses are a global problem?

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True

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How does one prevent zoonotic disease?

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surveillance
prevention and control
occupational safety

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7
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What are some viral examples of zoonoses?

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ebola
rabies
Colorado tick fever
influenza

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What are some bacterial examples of zoonoses?

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anthrax
leptospriosis
plague
salmonellosis

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9
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What are some parasitic examples of zoonoses?

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giardia

toxoplasmosis

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10
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What are some mycotic examples of zoonoses?

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dermatophytoses

histoplasmosis

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T of F: some zoonoses require more than one vertebrae species to maintain themselves?

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True

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What is taenia solium?

A 
porcine cysticecosis (pigs eat eggs)
Human taenasis (human eats cysts in pigs)
Human cysticercosis (human eats eggs-brain cysts)
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13
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What is taenia solium neurocysticrcosis?

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larvae cyst in brain, causes seizures and epilepsy

self infection

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14
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How is taenia solium transmitted to pigs?

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contamination of feed, pasture or water with human feces

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What is prevention of taenia solium?

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meat inspection
proper cooking of pork
proper handing of raw pork 
hygiene 
sewage treatment
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How does giardia spread?

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consume cysts via water or surface contamination of food

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17
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What is prevention of giardia?

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water treatment

sewage treatment

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T or F: rabies is a acute, progressive encephalomyelitis

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True

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19
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What is rabies caused by?

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RNA virus

Lyssavirus is a subspecies that causes Rabies

20
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What are rabies host?

A

mammals

21
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T or F: only bats are capable of maintaing the rabies virus and not getting sick?

A

True

22
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How can one prevent rabies?

A

surveillance, reduce animal reservior, vaccinate, education

23
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What is the hantavirus?

A

enveloped ssRNA virus

24
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What are the reservior of hantavirus?

A

rodents

25
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What are causes of hantavirus?

A

rodents shed saliva, urine and feces
primary aerosol, inhalation
direct or indirect
secondary transmission via bite

26
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What is hantavirus pulmonary syndrome?

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fever, chills, headache

increased vascular permeability in lungs

27
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What is hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome?

A

renal damage, hemorrhage and cardiovascular shock

28
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What is anthrax?

A

spore forming bacteria

29
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How does one contact anthrax?

A

inhalation of spores or contaminated fomites

30
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What are three different types of human anthrax?

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gastrointestinal, cutaneous and pulmonary

31
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What are symptoms of anthrax in cattle?

A

bleeding from all orifices
swelling
sudden death

32
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What are postmortem signs of anthrax in cattle?

A

blood not clotted
spores in microscopy
rapid bloating
lack of rigor

33
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What is prevention of anthrax?

A

animal vaccination
burn infected carcasses
inform health officals

34
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What are resivoros for Brucella melitensis?

A

found in sheep, pigs, riendeer, dogs

35
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What are resiviors for Brucella abortus?

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bison, buffalo, elk, horses

36
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What is brucellosis?

A

bangs disease
recurring fever for months
abortions occur

37
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What is brucella transmitted?

A

mucous membrane exposure or through skin
found in blood, urine, semen, feces
feed/water contamination

38
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How does one control brucella?

A

eliminate animal reservior

reduce public exposure

39
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What is Borrelioses?

A

tick transmitted spirochetes

40
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What are two groups of Borrelia that cause zoonotic disease?

A

lyme disease

relapsing fever

41
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What does lyme disease manifest as?

A

joint pain
cardiovascular
neurological

42
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How is West Nile virus transmitted?

A

mosoquito-bird-mosquito cycle

43
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What are dead end host of West Nile?

A

horses and humans

44
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T or F: after west nile infection, one develops life long immunity?

A

true

45
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What are symptoms of west nile in horses?

A

ataxia, weakness, death

46
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What are symptoms of west nile in humans?

A

mostly asymptotic

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