HFMD/ILI/BACTERIAL MENINGITIS

INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESS IS AN ACUTE VIRAL DISEASE OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT CHARACTERIZED BY___?

• SEIZURE

• PROSTRATION

• DIARRHEA

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

THE AVERAGE RECOVERY DAYS OF AN ILI PATIENT IS ___?

• 1-2 DAYS

• 1-3 DAYS

• 2-5 DAYS

• 2-7 DAYS

THE DISEASE TRANSMISSION OF ILI IS THROUGH AIRBORNE SPREAD AMONG CROWDED POPULATIONS IN ENCLOSED SPACES WHEREIN THE INFLUENZA MAY PERSIST FOR HOURS PARTICULARLY IN THE HOT AND HIGH HUMIDITY.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A SUSPECTED CASE FOR BACTERIAL MENINGITIS IS DEFINED AS A PERSON WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF FEVER AND EXPERIENCING WHICH ONE OF THESE SYMPTOMS?

• SEVERE COUGH

• ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS

• CORYZA

• NAUSEA

HOW MANY HOURS SHOULD THE IDENTIFIED NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS CASES SHALL BE REPORTED AS CONFIRMED MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE?

• WITHIN 24 HOURS OF DETECTION

• WITHIN 48 HOURS OF DETECTION

• WITHIN 72 HOURS OF DETECTION

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

SURVEILLANCE FOR BACTERIAL MENINGITIS IS NEEDED TO MEASURE AND DETECT EPIDEMICS AND ESTABLISH THE IMPACT OF BOTH EPIDEMIC AND NON-EPIDEMIC DISEASE.

• FALSE

• TRUE

IN WHAT WAY DOES THE HFMD SPREAD FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER PERSON?

• FACE TO FACE TRANSMISSION

• INDIRECT CONTACT WITH THE INFECTIOUS VIRUSES

• DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE INFECTIOUS VIRUSES

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

THE INCUBATION PERIOD FOR HFMD IS FROM _ TO __ DAYS?

• 3-4 DAYS

• 3-7 DAYS

• 3-5 DAYS

• 3-6 DAYS

THE EXCRETION IN THE STOOLS FOR ENTEROVIRUSES IS UP TO __ WEEKS?

• TWO WEEKS

• THREE WEEKS

• FIVE WEEKS

• SIX WEEKS

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE PROPER LABORATORY CONFIRMATION FOR HFMD?

• RT-PCR

• VIRUS ISOLATION

• PCR GENOME SEQUENCING

• ALL OF THE ABOVE