Deck 40: Zoonotic Diseases

Question 1

In the first phase of leptospirosis,humans exhibit all the following symptoms EXCEPT:

A) Sudden temperature spikes
B) Hepatitis
C) Vivid pink eyes
D) Severe headaches

Answer 1

B
In the first phase,the patient has sudden temperature spikes,severe headaches,nausea,vomiting,and muscle aches.Patients often experience confusion secondary to dehydration.The majority of patients develop vivid pink eyes.

Question 2

What disease is known as the woolsorter's disease?

A) Glanders
B) Venezuelan equine encephalitis
C) West Nile disease
D) Anthrax

Answer 2

D
Anthrax,also known as woolsorter's disease and malignant pustule,is caused by Bacillus anthracis,a large (2.5 mm by 10 mm),gram-positive,spore-forming bacillus.

Question 3

What disease is transmitted by Ixodes dammini?

A) Plague
B) Lyme disease
C) Rocky Mountain spotted fever
D) Colorado tick fever

Answer 3

B
Lyme borreliosis,caused by Borrelia burgdorferi,is an arthropod-borne disease in which humans are accidental hosts.The disease is most commonly transmitted by ticks,including Ixodes dammini,Ixodes pacificus,Ixodes ricinus,and Amblyomma americanum.Other insects can also harbor the spirochete.

Question 4

What is the most common form of anthrax?

A) Inhalation
B) Cutaneous
C) Gastrointestinal
D) Septicemic

Question 5

All of the following symptoms are the most common presentations in tularemia EXCEPT:

A) Ulceroglandular
B) Oropharyngeal
C) Cholera-like
D) Typhoidal

Question 6

What are the natural hosts for the plague-causing organism,Yersinia pestis?

A) Birds
B) Deer
C) Monkeys
D) Rats

Question 7

How do humans become infected with leptospirosis?

A) Directly from animal urine
B) Directly from animal feces
C) Directly from animal blood
D) Directly from animal saliva

Question 8

What is the classic symptom of the bubonic plague?

A) Painful buboes
B) Febrile illness
C) Rash on the trunk and limbs
D) Septic shock

Question 9

What is a zoonotic infection?

A) An infection that can naturally jump from animal to humans
B) An infection that occurs from being in close quarters with humans, such as college dorms or military barracks
C) An infection acquired at any health care facility, especially hospitals
D) An infection acquired out in the community

Question 10

Zoonotic infections that jump from animal to human,then cannot be transmitted directly to other humans,include all the following EXCEPT:

A) West Nile virus
B) Rabies
C) Influenza
D) Bubonic plague

Question 11

What is another name for brucellosis?

A) Glanders
B) Anthrax
C) Lyme disease
D) Undulant fever

Question 12

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae normally infects all the following animals EXCEPT:

A) Cows
B) Swine
C) Poultry
D) Fish

Question 13

All of the following organisms cause cat scratch disease in humans EXCEPT:

A) Bartonella henselae
B) Bartonella clarridgeiae
C) Borrelia burgdorferi
D) Bartonella vinsonii subsp. vinsonii

Question 14

Bacillus anthracis is a pathogen for what types of animals?

A) Herbivores
B) Carnivores
C) Felines
D) Voles

Question 15

Zoonotic infections that jump from animal to human and then can be transmitted human to human,include all the following EXCEPT:

A) HIV
B) Tularemia
C) Ebola
D) Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Question 16

If you are bitten by a dog,what organism is most likely to cause an infection at the site of the bite?

A) Borrelia burgdorferi
B) Bacillus anthracis
C) Yersinia pestis
D) Pasteurella multocida

Question 17

Patients that develop Weil's syndrome have all the following symptoms EXCEPT:

A) Hemolysis
B) Jaundice
C) Congestive heart failure
D) Renal failure

Question 18

What finding is characteristic of early Lyme disease?

A) Photosensitivity and headache
B) Fever and septic arthritis
C) Bull's eye rash and flulike symptoms
D) Petechiae and endocarditis

Question 19

Even though this organism is part of the canine and feline normal oral florae,most infections occur in patients that have had a splenectomy,have cancer,or abuse drugs.What organism is this?

A) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
B) Capnocytophaga canimorsus
C) Yersinia pestis
D) Borrelia burgdorferi

Question 20

Bacillus anthracis produces all the following virulence factors EXCEPT:

A) The lethal factor
B) Lipopolysaccharide
C) Glutamic acid
D) The edema factor