Question 1

The rickettsias can be cultured in

Accepted Answer

A)  pure culture. 
B)  artificial media. 
C)  laboratory animals. 
D)  pure culture, artificial media, and laboratory animals. 
A)  pure culture. 
B)  artificial media. 
C)  laboratory animals. 
D)  pure culture, artificial media, and laboratory animals.

Question 2

Explain why a potentially rabid dog is held for up to two weeks to check for clinical signs of rabies.Are humans more similar or dissimilar in this regard?

Accepted Answer

Dogs have a short incubation time when i

Question 3

What key features of Bacillus anthracis makes the anthrax disease impossible to eradicate?

Accepted Answer

Bacillus anthracis is a soil microorgani

Question 4

Compare and contrast dengue fever and West Nile fever.Which disease would be easier to eradicate and why?

Accepted Answer

Both dengue fever and West Nile fever ar

Question 5

The hantavirus contains a ________ genome.

Accepted Answer

A)  ssRNA 
B)  dsRNA 
C)  ssDNA 
D)  dsDNA 
A)  ssRNA 
B)  dsRNA 
C)  ssDNA 
D)  dsDNA

Question 6

How is climate change causing the emergence of zoonotic and vector-borne in new human populations?

Accepted Answer

Climate change may be changing the range

Question 7

The hantavirus diagnosis can be made from several different types of ELISAs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following flaviviruses can be prevented by vaccination?

Accepted Answer

A)  yellow fever 
B)  dengue fever 
C)  hantavirus 
D)  Ebola 
A)  yellow fever 
B)  dengue fever 
C)  hantavirus 
D)  Ebola

Question 9

Which of the following diseases causes an influenza-like illness that can progress to include pneumonia?

Accepted Answer

A)  malaria 
B)  Q fever 
C)  typhus 
D)  Lyme disease 
A)  malaria 
B)  Q fever 
C)  typhus 
D)  Lyme disease

Question 10

What virulence factor(s)of Yersinia pestis prevent(s)phagocytosis by cells of the immune system?

Accepted Answer

A)  the capsule 
B)  leukocidins 
C)  murine toxin 
D)  V and W antigens 
A)  the capsule 
B)  leukocidins 
C)  murine toxin 
D)  V and W antigens

Question 11

Erythema migrans is associated with typhus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Lyme disease is limited almost exclusively to the northeastern United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Soldiers or refuges in crowded unsanitary conditions are MOST susceptible to which rickettsial disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lyme disease 
B)  typhus 
C)  Q fever 
D)  Rocky Mountain spotted fever 
A)  Lyme disease 
B)  typhus 
C)  Q fever 
D)  Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Exam 30: Vectorborne and Soilborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases

The rickettsias can be cultured in

Explain why a potentially rabid dog is held for up to two weeks to check for clinical signs of rabies.Are humans more similar or dissimilar in this regard?

What key features of Bacillus anthracis makes the anthrax disease impossible to eradicate?

Compare and contrast dengue fever and West Nile fever.Which disease would be easier to eradicate and why?

The hantavirus contains a ________ genome.

How is climate change causing the emergence of zoonotic and vector-borne in new human populations?

The hantavirus diagnosis can be made from several different types of ELISAs.

Which of the following flaviviruses can be prevented by vaccination?

Which of the following diseases causes an influenza-like illness that can progress to include pneumonia?

What virulence factor(s)of Yersinia pestis prevent(s)phagocytosis by cells of the immune system?

Erythema migrans is associated with typhus.

Lyme disease is limited almost exclusively to the northeastern United States.

Soldiers or refuges in crowded unsanitary conditions are MOST susceptible to which rickettsial disease?

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