Deck 15: Neglected Tropical Diseases

Question 1

NTDs affect about how many people worldwide?

A) 1 billion
B) 2 billion
C) 3 billion
D) 4 billion
E) 5 billion

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Which of the following is not considered an NTD?

A) Chromoblastomycosis
B) Lymphatic filariasis
C) Onchocerciasis
D) Snake envenomations
E) All are considered NTDs.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

This is a photograph of what NTD?

Answer 3

Buruli ulcer

Question 4

Which two mosquitoes are responsible for most CHIKV transmission?

Question 5

About how many countries have reported CHIKV?

A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
E) > 60

Question 6

Health officials reported nearly ____________suspected CHIKV cases in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States in April 2014 alone.

A) 1,380,000
B) 2,380,000
C) 3,380,000
D) 4,380,000
E) > 5,000,000

Question 7

Clinical trials of a vaccine for CHIKV, MV-CHIK, have been disappointing.

Question 8

This is a picture of what NTD?

Question 9

Chromoblastomycosis primarily affects females aged 30 to 50 years old.

Question 10

Breakbone fever was the name Benjamin Rush gave to what mosquito-borne disease?

Question 11

The dengue virus has how many serotypes?

A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
E) Five

Question 12

A classic symptom of dengue hemorrhagic fever is a decrease in body temperature.

Question 13

Humans acquire guinea-worm infections by drinking water contaminated by D. medinensis-laden small aquatic crustaceans called what?

A) Crabs
B) Copepods
C) Spirochetes
D) Willy fish
E) None of these is correct.

Question 14

What are these children doing to prevent guinea-worm disease infections?

Question 15

Female sandflies of the Phlebotomus spp. or Lutzomyia spp. are responsible for transmitting what NTD?

Question 16

This is a picture of which NTD's lesion?

Question 17

This is a picture of which NTD's lesion?

Question 18

What is Hansen's disease commonly called?

Question 19

What is one known animal reservoir for the bacterium that causes Hansen's disease?

A) Ground squirrel
B) Pigeon
C) Nine-banded armadillo
D) Dog
E) There is no animal reservoir.

Question 20

There are three clinical categories/grades for Hansen's disease.

Question 21

Where do approximately 80% of all Hansen's disease cases occur?

A) Brazil
B) India
C) Indonesia
D) Nigeria
E) All of these are correct.

Question 22

Describe the WHO's three pillars of Hansen's disease eradication.

Question 23

What is the most common bacterial cause of mycetoma?

A) Nocardia brasiliensis
B) Actinomadura madurae
C) Actinomadura pelletieri
D) Madurella mycetomatis
E) None of these cause mycetoma.

Question 24

What is the most common fungal cause of mycetoma?

A) Nocardia brasiliensis
B) Actinomadura madurae
C) Actinomadura pelletieri
D) Madurella mycetomatis
E) None of these cause mycetoma.

Question 25

This is a picture of what NTD?

Question 26

Which serotype of the rabies virus typically causes human infections?

A) Serotype 1
B) Serotype 2
C) Serotype 3
D) Serotype 4
E) Serotype 5

Question 27

Transmission of rabies from feral carnivores such as raccoons and foxes to humans remains extremely rare.

Question 28

The WHO estimates suggest that rabies kills between __________and ___________ people each year.

Question 29

How does direct transmission of the NTD ocular trachoma occur?

Question 30

This picture shows a man suffering from what NTD?