BMT Infectious Diseases Part 2

Public health measure to prevent infectious disease that can decrease occurrence of rabies:

• ethanization programs

• herd immunity

• animal control programs

• food safety programs

Susan was bitten y Anopheles mosquito and tested positive for malaria. What type of pathogen has caused this infection?

• prion

• virus

• bacterium

• protozoan

Leading cause of death in underdeveloped countries:

• cancer

• infectious diseases

• heart disease

• diabetes

Rabies occurs through ________________ contact, from ____________ to ______________________.

• indirect, mosquitos, humans

• direct, animals, humans

• direct, humans, animals

• indirect, raw meat, wild animals

A cow died after acting strangely. the brain tissue sample showed holes throughout.. The infectious agent is probably:

• virus

• fungus

• prion

• helminth

Rifampin is a medication commonly prescribed to treat:

• HIV

• ebola

• tuberculosis

• lyme disease

Mark went swimming in a freshwater lake where Schistosoma-infected snail larvae are common. He later has a rash, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Most likely these symptoms are caused by:

• helminths

• fungi

• bacteria

• virus

Once pathogens have entered the host, adhered to host cells, and invaded tissues, what also occurs within the body prior to a disease being diagnosed?

• pathogen adheres to those tissues

• pathogen inflicts damage on those tissues

• pathogen repairs those tissues

Cancer patients rely on the public to have what type of immunity to protect them from diseases?

• passive immunity

• herd immunity

• active immunity

• antibiotic immunity

Disease that's occurred throughout human history, but only recently been recognized as distinct disease due to the infections potential to spread to the heart, joints and nervous system?

• meningitis

• HIV

• turberculosis

• Lyme disease