WorksheetsViruses and molds
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 54mins
Myxovirus, type A, is unstable due to what virulence factor?
Gene recombination
Animal-specific envelopes
GP-41
P-24
Which influenza, Type A, avian subunit is considered dangerous?
H1N1
H3N2
H7N9
H5N4
Which virus and etiologic agent are paired correctly?
Myxovirus: Viral Pneumonia
hMPV: Acute Respiratory Disease
Measles: Atypical Pneumonia
C. Immitis: Asthma
Which surface antigen is paired correctly?
Influenza: Neuraminidase
HIV: GP-100
Hep-C: GP-41
MCV: P-24
What is the mostly likely number one cause of a common cold of a 1 y.o. Infant?
Rhinovirus
RSV
Corona virus
SARS
MERS-CoV is mostly in which country?
Jordan
Sudan
N. America
Afghanistan
Which RNA, enveloped, virus is the mostly likely cause of croup in children during the month of February?
hMPV
Parainfluenza virus
Adenovirus
Corona virus
Which DNA virus causes conjunctivitis?
Adenovirus
HPV
Hep-B
A. Flavus
Military recruits get a vaccine against certain types of Adenovirus. What types are they?
4,7
4,9
7,9
21,37
Which virus is paired correctly with its disease?
Herpes simplex: Shingles
HZV: Chicken pox
CMV: Diarrhea
Epstein-Barr: Chicken pox
Which herpes virus doesn’t have a known latent infection?
Simples 1&2
HZV
Epstein-Barr
CMV
Which RNA virus and its transmission pathway causes severe epidemic diarrhea in infants?
Rotavirus: Fecal to oral
Rotavirus: Vomit
Norovirus: Droplets
Saprovirus: Fecal to oral
A 1 y.o. Has viral gastroenteritis, what is the most likely virus?
HIV
Sapovirus
A. Flavus
Rabies
What is contained in the core of HIV?
P-24
GP-120
GP-41
Reverse transcriptase
Which HIV envelope structure attaches to the CD4 marker?
GP-120
GP-41
P-24
GP-100
Which HIV stage has persistent generalized lymphadenopathy as a symptom?
I
II
III
IV
When CD4 cells are below 200/mm3, you are in what stage of HIV?
Latent
AIDS
III
Primary
Which virus is DNA, enveloped?
Hep-B
Hep-C
Hep-A
HIV
Which Hep-B marker is the most infectious?
HBsAg
HBeAg
Anti-HBe
Anti-HBs
Which is the major protective marker against HBV?
HBsAg
HBeAg
Anti-HBe
Anti-HBs
Which RNA, enveloped, virus has a high co-infection with HIV?
Hep-B
Hep-C
Hep-A
Rubella
Which hepatitis virus does not have a chronic state?
Hep-A
HBV
HCV
Which Hemorrhagic Fever Virus is paired with its correct geographic location?
Ebola: Amazon basin
HPS: N. America
HFRS: N. America
Yellow Fever: Europe
Which Ig indicates current infections in Hemorrhagic fever and Encephalitis viruses?
IgA
IgM
IgE
IgD
What is the correct geographic location and vector for CCHF?
N. America: Mosquito
China: Mosquito
Africa: Tick
Europe: Rodent excreta
What is the correct geographic location and vector for Lassa fever?
N. America: Mosquito
China: Mosquito
West Africa: Rodent excreta
Europe: Rodent excreta
What is the correct geographic location and vector for Ebola?
N. America: Mosquito
Africa: Bats
West Africa: Rodent excreta
Europe: Rodent excreta
Which RNA virus can possibly cause Guillain-Barre’ Syndrome?
ZIka virus
Yellow Fever virus
TBE
West Nile virus
What encephalitis virus is paired correctly?
Venezuelan encephalitis virus: SE USA
St. Louis encephalitis virus: Japan
TBE: N. America
Murray Valley virus: AMEDD school house
What encephalitis virus is paired correctly?
Venezuelan encephalitis virus: SE Asia
California encephalitis virus: Africa
TBE: N. America
Murray Valley virus: Australia
Which RNA virus usually has an 8 week incubation period and travels through the peripheral nervous system?
Rubella
Hep-A
Zika Virus
Rabies
Which RNA virus is stable over a wide range of pH and temperatures?
Poliovirus
Adenovirus
Mumps
Rubella
What is a complication and the transmission for Measles?
Blindness: Respiratory secretions
Deafness: Respiratory secretions
Bleeding: Respiratory secretions
Pneumonia: Rodent excretion
Parotitis is caused by which virus?
Measles
Mumps
Rubella
CMV
Which virus gains entry into nervous system via olfactory tissues?
HHV 6 & 7
Parvovirus B19
Enterovirus D68
Chronic anemia in immunocompromised patients could be caused by which DNA virus?
MCV
Parvovirus B19
Variola Major virus
Zika virus
A rash disease, found in 6-10 y.o., would mostly be caused by which DNA virus?
Parvovirus B19
Measles
Mumps
Rubella
Lesions on the palm of your hands and soles of your feet are the mostly likely symptoms of which disease and virus?
Smallpox: Parvovirus B19
Smallpox: Variola Major
Chicken pox: HZV
Shingles: Variola Major
Which normal yeast is the most likely cause of oral thrush in infants?
C. Auris
C. Albicans
S. Schenckii
PCP
Chronic yeast infection of the the esophagus is noted as a first sign of clinical AIDS. Which pathogen causes this infection?
C. Auris
C. Albicans
S. Schenkii
PCP
Inhalation of what pathogen can cause meningitis in AIDs patients?
C. Albicans
C. Auris
C. Neoformans
S. Schenckii
Rose gardener’s disease is caused by what mold and transmission?
S. Schenckii: Inhalation
S. Schenckii: Trauma
C. Albicans: Inhalation
C. Albicans: Trauma
Inhalation of which pathogen’s spores, from the Ohio river valley region, could cause which clinical disease?
H. Capsulatum: Brain lesions
H. Capsulatum: Lung lesions
C. Immitis: Brain lesions
C. Immitis: Lung lesions
Which geographic location could you most likely Inhalation this pathogen’s spores, from dust events?
SW USA: H. Capsulatum
Mexico : H. Capsulatum
SW USA: C. Immitis
Africa: C. Immitis
Which pathogen would cause pneumonia in patients with CD4 cell levels less than 200cells/uL?
S. Chartarum
PCP
A. Flavus
A. Fumigatus
Which pathogen is transmitted by ingestion of toxin?
Ebola virus
Noravirus
Hep-A
A. Flavus
Who is the father of Parasitology?
Redi
Newton
Einstein
Darwin
Which symbiotic relationship causes the host to be adversely affected?
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parasitism
Which term is defined as a host harboring the sexually reproducing stage of a parasite?
Intermediate host
Reservoir host
Paratenic host
Definitive host
At what temperature should fecal specimens be stored at?
4 C
4 F
4 K
32 F
How many stool samples should you at least examine to hopefully detect protozoans?
1
2
3
5
If you get a diarrheic sample, you should examine it within what time frame?
30 minutes
1 hour
Several hours
2 hours
What test should you use for pinworms?
String test
Scotch tape prep
Nucleic acid test
If you have a parasite infection, your eosinophil count should do what?
Increase
Decrease
