Infectious Diseases

Contaminated food, water and surfaces are ___ for pathogens.

• vectors

• carriers

• vehicles

• treatments

Arthropods are NOT pathogens themselves, but they can transmit pathogens.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of a vector?

• Arthropods

• Rickettsia

• Food

• Water

Infectious diseases can be transmitted from host to host.

• True

• False

Viruses, bacteria and rickettsia are all examples of ____, which cause infectious disease.

• hosts

• pathogens

• vehicles

• arthropods

Which of the following is part of the normal flora, but can also be a pathogen?

• Rickettsia

• Protozoa

• Bacteria

• Normal Flora

Neglected tropical diseases which affect the gastrointestinal tract are often related to which type of pathogen?

• Helminths

• Viruses

• Bacteria

• Fungi

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Typhus, ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis are all types of ____.

• Microscopic pathogens

• Neglected tropical diseases

• Rickettsial diseases

• Heart diseases

These diseases are transmitted to humans by animals.

• Neglected tropical diseases

• Zoonotic diseases

• Emerging diseases

• Reemerging diseases

Hepatitis is caused by a

• Virus

• Parasite

• Helminth

• Bacteria