Question 1

Zoonotic infections that jump from animal to human, then cannot be transmitted directly to other humans, include all the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) West Nile virus. 
B) rabies. 
C) influenza. 
D) bubonic plague. 
A) West Nile virus. 
B) rabies. 
C) influenza. 
D) bubonic plague. C

Question 2

Pathogens within the family Anaplasmataceae infect which cell type in humans?

Accepted Answer

A) Lymphocytes 
B) Epithelial cells 
C) Erythrocytes 
D) Phagocytes 
A) Lymphocytes 
B) Epithelial cells 
C) Erythrocytes 
D) Phagocytes A

Question 3

Rickettsial organisms, which cause disease in humans, are transmitted by which of the following methods?

Accepted Answer

A) Arthropod vectors 
B) Aerosols 
C) Fomite contact 
D) Contact with body fluids 
A) Arthropod vectors 
B) Aerosols 
C) Fomite contact 
D) Contact with body fluids A

Question 4

What is another name for brucellosis?

Accepted Answer

A) Glanders 
B) Anthrax 
C) Lyme disease 
D) Undulant fever 
A) Glanders 
B) Anthrax 
C) Lyme disease 
D) Undulant fever

Question 5

What disease is known as the woolsorter's disease?

Accepted Answer

A) Glanders 
B) Venezuelan equine encephalitis 
C) West Nile disease 
D) Anthrax 
A) Glanders 
B) Venezuelan equine encephalitis 
C) West Nile disease 
D) Anthrax

Question 6

If you are bitten by a dog, what organism is most likely to cause an infection at the site of the bite?

Accepted Answer

A) Borrelia burgdorferi 
B) Bacillus anthracis 
C) Yersinia pestis 
D) Pasteurella multocida 
A) Borrelia burgdorferi 
B) Bacillus anthracis 
C) Yersinia pestis 
D) Pasteurella multocida

Question 7

What is the most common form of anthrax?

Accepted Answer

A) Inhalation 
B) Cutaneous 
C) Gastrointestinal 
D) Septicemic 
A) Inhalation 
B) Cutaneous 
C) Gastrointestinal 
D) Septicemic

Question 8

Zoonotic infections that jump from animal to human and then can be transmitted human to human, include all the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 
B) tularemia. 
C) Ebola virus. 
D) severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). 
A) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 
B) tularemia. 
C) Ebola virus. 
D) severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Question 9

A zoonotic infection is an infection:

Accepted Answer

A) that can naturally jump from animal to humans. 
B) that occurs from being in close quarters with humans, such as college dorms or military barracks. 
C) acquired at any health care facility, especially hospitals. 
D) acquired out in the community. 
A) that can naturally jump from animal to humans. 
B) that occurs from being in close quarters with humans, such as college dorms or military barracks. 
C) acquired at any health care facility, especially hospitals. 
D) acquired out in the community.

Question 10

What are the natural hosts for the plague-causing organism Yersinia pestis?

Accepted Answer

A) Birds 
B) Deer 
C) Monkeys 
D) Rats 
A) Birds 
B) Deer 
C) Monkeys 
D) Rats

Question 11

What finding is characteristic of early Lyme disease?

Accepted Answer

A) Photosensitivity and headache 
B) Fever and septic arthritis 
C) Bull's-eye rash and flulike symptoms 
D) Petechiae and endocarditis 
A) Photosensitivity and headache 
B) Fever and septic arthritis 
C) Bull's-eye rash and flulike symptoms 
D) Petechiae and endocarditis

Question 12

Bacillus anthracis is a pathogen for what types of animals?

Accepted Answer

A) Herbivores 
B) Carnivores 
C) Felines 
D) Voles 
A) Herbivores 
B) Carnivores 
C) Felines 
D) Voles

Question 13

Patients that develop Weil's syndrome have all the following symptoms except:

Accepted Answer

A) hemolysis. 
B) jaundice. 
C) congestive heart failure. 
D) renal failure. 
A) hemolysis. 
B) jaundice. 
C) congestive heart failure. 
D) renal failure.

Question 14

Humans become infected with leptospirosis directly from animal:

Accepted Answer

A) urine. 
B) feces. 
C) blood. 
D) saliva. 
A) urine. 
B) feces. 
C) blood. 
D) saliva.

Question 15

In the first phase of leptospirosis, humans exhibit all the following symptoms except:

Accepted Answer

A) sudden temperature spikes. 
B) hepatitis. 
C) vivid pink eyes. 
D) severe headaches. 
A) sudden temperature spikes. 
B) hepatitis. 
C) vivid pink eyes. 
D) severe headaches.

Question 16

All of the following symptoms are among the most common presentations in tularemia except:

Accepted Answer

A) ulceroglandular. 
B) oropharyngeal. 
C) cholera-like. 
D) typhoidal. 
A) ulceroglandular. 
B) oropharyngeal. 
C) cholera-like. 
D) typhoidal.

Question 17

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae normally infects all the following animals except:

Accepted Answer

A) cows. 
B) swine. 
C) poultry. 
D) fish. 
A) cows. 
B) swine. 
C) poultry. 
D) fish.

Question 18

All of the following organisms cause cat scratch disease in humans except:

Accepted Answer

A) Bartonella henselae. 
B) Bartonella clarridgeiae. 
C) Borrelia burgdorferi. 
D) Bartonella vinsonii subsp.vinsonii. 
A) Bartonella henselae. 
B) Bartonella clarridgeiae. 
C) Borrelia burgdorferi. 
D) Bartonella vinsonii subsp.vinsonii.

Question 19

What disease is transmitted by Ixodes dammini?

Accepted Answer

A) Plague 
B) Lyme disease 
C) Rocky Mountain spotted fever 
D) Colorado tick fever 
A) Plague 
B) Lyme disease 
C) Rocky Mountain spotted fever 
D) Colorado tick fever

Question 20

Bacillus anthracis produces all the following virulence factors except:

Accepted Answer

A) lethal factor. 
B) lipopolysaccharide. 
C) glutamic acid. 
D) edema factor. 
A) lethal factor. 
B) lipopolysaccharide. 
C) glutamic acid. 
D) edema factor.

Exam 40: Zoonotic Diseases

Zoonotic infections that jump from animal to human, then cannot be transmitted directly to other humans, include all the following except:

Pathogens within the family Anaplasmataceae infect which cell type in humans?

Rickettsial organisms, which cause disease in humans, are transmitted by which of the following methods?

What is another name for brucellosis?

What disease is known as the woolsorter's disease?

If you are bitten by a dog, what organism is most likely to cause an infection at the site of the bite?

What is the most common form of anthrax?

Zoonotic infections that jump from animal to human and then can be transmitted human to human, include all the following except:

A zoonotic infection is an infection:

What are the natural hosts for the plague-causing organism Yersinia pestis?

What finding is characteristic of early Lyme disease?

Bacillus anthracis is a pathogen for what types of animals?

Patients that develop Weil's syndrome have all the following symptoms except:

Humans become infected with leptospirosis directly from animal:

In the first phase of leptospirosis, humans exhibit all the following symptoms except:

All of the following symptoms are among the most common presentations in tularemia except:

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae normally infects all the following animals except:

All of the following organisms cause cat scratch disease in humans except:

What disease is transmitted by Ixodes dammini?

Bacillus anthracis produces all the following virulence factors except:

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