Deck 13: Transfusion-Transmitted Infections

Question 1

When was acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)first reported as an infectious disease?

A)1940
B)1976
C)1981
D)1999

Answer 1

1981

Question 2

Which of the following infects red blood cells?

A)Epstein-Barr virus
B)Cytomegalovirus
C)Parvovirus B19
D)West Nile virus

Answer 2

Parvovirus B19

Question 3

In the United States,donated blood is tested for markers to the microbes that cause all of the following except

A)Chagas disease
B)Lyme disease
C)Syphilis
D)Tropical spastic paraparesis

Answer 3

Lyme disease

Question 4

All the following are methods by which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)can be transmitted except

A)Fecal/oral
B)Parenteral
C)Sexual contact
D)Transfusion

Question 5

Which of the following transfusion-transmitted viruses does not have an envelope?

A)Hepatitis B
B)Hepatitis C
C)Human immunodeficiency virus
D)Parvovirus B19

Question 6

Which disease is associated with a parasite that can be potentially transmitted by blood transfusion?

A)Cruetzfeld-Jakob disease
B)Lyme disease
C)Malaria
D)Syphilis

Question 7

Chronic infection is most common with which of the following types of viral hepatitis?

A)Hepatitis A
B)Hepatitis B
C)Hepatitis C
D)Hepatitis D

Question 8

Nucleic acid amplification-based testing (NAT)reduced the window period for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)to approximately how many days?

A)12
B)14
C)16
D)22

Question 9

In the United States,all donated blood is tested for the following before transfusion except

A)Anti-HCV
B)CMV using NAT
C)HBsAg
D)WNV using NAT

Question 10

Which of the following is a mode of transmission for cytomegalovirus?

A)Fecal/oral
B)Respiratory
C)Transfusion
D)Vector

Question 11

Which of the following is transmitted to humans through tick bites?

A)Babesiosis
B)Chagas disease
C)Malaria
D)Toxoplasmosis

Question 12

Which of the following is a fatal neurological disease whose causative agent may be transmitted by transfusion of human blood?

A)CJD
B)vCJD
C)CWD
D)FSE

Question 13

One of the peak times of transmission of the West Nile virus is

A)Early spring
B)Late spring
C)Early fall
D)Late fall

Question 14

In what year was the West Nile virus first identified as an emerging threat in the United States?

A)1940
B)1976
C)1981
D)1999

Question 15

Which of the following is the most common of all the hepatitis viruses?

A)Hepatitis A
B)Hepatitis B
C)Hepatitis C
D)Hepatitis D

Question 16

In the United States,what is the approximate risk for transfusion transmission of hepatitis B?

A)1:220,000
B)1:2 million
C)1:3 million
D)Unknown

Question 17

Leukoreduction can reduce the risk of which transfusion-associated virus?

A)CMV (cytomegalovirus)
B)HBV (hepatitis B virus)
C)HCV (hepatitis C virus)
D)HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)

Question 18

The hepatitis C virus belongs to which family?

A)Flaviviridae
B)Hepeviridae
C)Picornaviridae
D)Retroviridae

Question 19

All of the following transfusion-transmitted infections are also considered to be sexually transmitted diseases except

A)Hepatitis C
B)Human immunodeficiency virus
C)Syphilis
D)Toxoplasmosis

Question 20

Which type of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)is endemic in western Africa?

A)HIV-I
B)HIV-II
C)HIV-IV
D)HIV-VI