Description : _____ is an intestinal disease you can get from a day care or swimming pool. a. Giardiasis b. Amoebiasis c. Cryptosporidiosis d. Leishmania
Last Answer : c. Cryptosporidiosis
Description : This disease sickened more than 4x105 residents of Milwaukee in 1993. a. Giardiasis b. Cryptosporidiosis c. Trypanosomiasis d. Cyclosporiasis
Last Answer : b. Cryptosporidiosis
Description : Malaria is a protozoal disease caused by _____ . a. Trypanosoma b. Toxoplasma c. Plasmodium d. Leishmania
Last Answer : c. Plasmodium
Description : Which disease is associated with domestic cats? a. Cyclosporiasis b. Cryptosporidiosis c. Toxoplasmosis d. None of the above (A-C) is correct.
Last Answer : c. Toxoplasmosis
Description : The parasites of malaria invade the body's ______ and bring on intense _________. a. White Blood Cells; Diarrhea b. White Blood Cells; Chills And Fever c. Red Blood Cells; Chills And Fever d. Red Blood Cells; Diarrhea
Last Answer : c. Red Blood Cells; Chills And Fever
Description : : _____ is a parasitic flagellate in humans and is transmitted through sexual intercourse. a. Trichonympha b. Trypanosoma c. Trichomonas d. Leishmania,
Last Answer : b. Trypanosoma
Description : Give the correct matching of causative agent/germ and disease. (a) Anopheles – Malaria (b) Leishmania – Sleeping sickness (c) Glossina – Kala-azar (d) Wuchereria – Filariasis
Last Answer : (d) Wuchereria – Filariasis
Description : Which of the following is a reservoir of a disease? a. Dog - Toxoplasmosis b. Monkey - Ebola c. Bat - Rabies d. Goat - Leishmania
Last Answer : c. Bat - Rabies
Description : _____ is a cutaneous or visceral disease transmitted by the bite of an infected female sandfly. a. Malaria b. Leishmaniasis c. Apicomplexa d. Amoebiasis
Last Answer : b. Leishmaniasis
Description : Tularemia is also called _____ fever. a. Cat Scratch b. Typhoid c. Rabbit d. Rat Bite
Last Answer : c. Rabbit
Description : Which one of the following protozoa would most likely be isolated in an individual with AIDS? a. Cryptosporidium b. Balantidium c. Babesia d. Leishmania
Last Answer : a. Cryptosporidium
Description : ________ is seen with periods of fever and chills when many spirochetes are present in the blood. a. Rabbit fever b. Lyme disease c. Relapsing fever d. The Plague
Last Answer : c. Relapsing fever
Description : An emerging pathogen associated with contaminated water is _____. a. typhoid fever b. cholera c. shigellosis d. Vibrio vulnificus
Last Answer : d. Vibrio vulnificus
Description : The causative organism of sleeping sickness fever a) Leishmania b) Trypanosoma c) Amoeba d) Entamoeba
Last Answer : b) Trypanosoma
Description : The causative organism of gambian fever a) Leishmania b) Trypanosoma c) Amoeba d) Entamoeba
Description : Some strains of Streptococcus carry toxins that cause a pink red rash. This is called _____. a. Rhumatic Fever b. Q Fever c. Scarlet Fever d. Pharyngitis
Last Answer : c. Scarlet Fever
Description : : A _____ is a cytokine that induces fever by stimulating the ______. a. pyrogen, hypothalamus b. pyogen, thalamus c. defensin, thyroid d. perforin, pituitary
Last Answer : a. pyrogen, hypothalamus
Description : Infectious _____ is caused by the ________virus infecting the B lymphocytes. a. mononucleosis, Epstein Barr b. shingles, varicella c. Epstein Barr, yellow fever d. Meningitis, Lassa
Last Answer : d. Meningitis, Lassa
Description : Which one of the following is not a mosquito borne disease’? (1) Dengue fever (2) Filariasis (3) Sleeping sickness (4) Malaria
Last Answer : (3) Sleeping sickness Explanation: Sleeping sickness is infection with germs carried by certain flies. It results in swelling of the brain, Sleeping sickness is caused by two germs, in 2007. ... Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 for his contributions towards Indian cinema.
Description : Which one from the options is the most common disease transmitted to humans through cow’s milk D A. Small pox B. Malaria C. Milk Fever D. Tuberculosis
Last Answer : Tuberculosis
Description : Which of these is not a mosquito borne disease? (1) Dengue fever (2) Malaria (3) Filariasis (4) Goitre
Last Answer : (4) Goitre
Description : Which one of the following is not a mosquito borne disease? (1) Dengue fever (2) Filariasis (3) Sleeping sickness (4) Malaria
Last Answer : Sleeping sickness
Description : Other than spreading malaria, Anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of - (a) dengue fever (b) filariasis (c) encephalitis (d) yellow fever
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : Which of the following is a sign of disease? a. Sorethroat b. Nausea c. Headache d. Fever
Last Answer : d. Fever
Description : _________ fever was the first human disease associated with a virus. Walter Reed identified _________ as the carrier. a. Lassa, rats b. Dengue, mosquitoes c. Ebola, bats d. Yellow, mosquitoes
Last Answer : d. Yellow, mosquitoes
Description : Which one of the following is not a viral disease of the nervous system? a. West Nile fever b. Hantavirus c. Polio d. Rabies
Last Answer : c. Polio
Description : Bartonelia henselae is the causative agent of this skin disease. a. Leprosy b. Cat-scratch disease c. Necrotizing fasciitis d. Rat-bite fever
Last Answer : a. Leprosy
Description : An early symptom of ________ is a spreading bulls-eye rash at the site of a tick bite. a. Tularemia b. Lyme disease c. Yersinia pestis d. Q fever
Last Answer : b. Lyme disease
Description : Currently, the most common arthropodborne disease in the US is. a. Relapsing Fever b. Lyme Disease c. Tularemia d. Epidemic Typhus
Last Answer : b. Lyme Disease
Description : _____ refers to bacteria that grow and spread through the blood. a. Chronic Disease b. Septicemia c. Acute Disease d. Bacteremia
Last Answer : b. Septicemia
Description : Shigellosis is primarily a disease of the _____. a. Nervous System b. Blood c. Respiratory Tract d. Gastrointestinal Tract
Last Answer : d. Gastrointestinal Tract
Description : Recrudescence of malaria refers to recurrence of malarial fever due to: A. Reinfection of the patient by mosquito bite B. Reinfection of blood by exoerythrocytic hypnozoites C. Incomplete clearance of schizonts from blood D. Any of the above
Last Answer : C. Incomplete clearance of schizonts from blood
Description : The Rickettsias demonstrate a characteristic ______ and ______. a. Fever And Chills b. Fever And Rash c. Fever And Difficulty Breathing d. Chills And Low White Blood Cells.
Last Answer : b. Fever And Rash
Description : . All of the following antiprotozoal drugs have been used to treat malaria except: a. Melarsoprol. b. Quinine. c. Mefloquine. d. Chloroquine.
Last Answer : a. Melarsoprol.
Description : Ehrlich and Hata discovered that was used to treat a. Salvarsan; syphilis b. penicillin; surgical wounds c. Salvarsan; malaria. d. Prontosil; malaria
Last Answer : a. Salvarsan; syphilis
Description : Which disease also known as, spleenic fever? a anthraxb milk fever c black quarter d haemorrgmhagic septicimea
Last Answer : a anthrax
Description : When the nurse observes the patient's urine to be orange, she further assesses the patient for a) intake of medication such as phenytoin (Dilantin). Urine that is orange may be caused by intake ... white urine may indicate infection, pyruria, or in the female patient, the use of vaginal creams.
Last Answer : a) intake of medication such as phenytoin (Dilantin). Urine that is orange may be caused by intake of Dilantin or other medications. Orange to amber colored urine may also indicate concentrated urine due to dehydration or fever.
Description : Which one of the following pairs of causative agent and type of disease are correct ? (I) Leishmania - Sleeping sickness (II) Nematode - Elephantiasis (III) Trypanosoma - Kala azar (IV) Staphylococcus - Acne (1) (I) and (II) (2) (II) and (III) (3) (II) and (IV) (4) (III) and (IV)
Last Answer : (3) (II) and (IV)
Description : After drinking contaminated water you would be most apt to develop symptoms of A. Malaria B. Yellow Fever C. Typhoid fever D. Dengue fever
Last Answer : ANSWER: C
Description : Aquatic weed act as alternate host and vectors of malaria, yellow and dengue fever is a). Water lettuce b). Salvinia c). Alligator weed d). All of these
Last Answer : d). All of these
Description : : _____ is an exaggerated or inappropriate immune defense that is causing the problems in an affected individual. a. Hypersensitivity b. Autoimmune disease c. AIDS d. HIV
Last Answer : a. Hypersensitivity
Description : Of the five classes of antibodies,_____ and_____ are primary disease fighters, while secretory _____ is found on body (mucosal) surfaces. a. IgA, IgG, IgD b. IgG, IgA, IgM c. IgG, IgD, IgM d. IgG, IgM, IgA
Last Answer : d. IgG, IgM, IgA
Description : Resistance to disease in the passageways of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract is dependent on antibodies in the class _____. a. IgG b. IgA c. IgE d. IgM
Last Answer : b. IgA
Description : _____ is any change from the general state of good health. a. Infection b. Disease c. Parasitism d. Virulence
Last Answer : b. Disease
Description : An acute disease becomes _____ when the body is incapable of ridding itself of the pathogen, while a local disease becomes ______ when it disseminates to deeper organs and tissues. a. Contagious; Systemic b. Contagious; Secondary c. Chronic; Systemic d. Chronic; Secondary
Last Answer : c. Chronic; Systemic
Description : A disease in which the agent is acquired directly from the environment and is not transmissible is a/an _____ disease. a. Local b. Secondary c. Noncommunicable d. Acute
Last Answer : b. Secondary