Deck 40: Zoonotic Diseases

Question 1

Bacillus anthracis produces all the following virulence factors except:

A)lethal factor.
B)lipopolysaccharide.
C)glutamic acid.
D)edema factor.

Answer 1

B
B.anthracis produces three virulence factors.The virulence factors include the glutamic acid that inhibits phagocytosis, the lethal factor, and the edema factor.LPS is found in the cell wall of gram-negative organisms.

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

A zoonotic infection is an infection:

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

Answer 3

A
Zoonotic infections are those that can naturally jump from animals to humans.The term zoonotic was used first by a German physician in 1855.Infections can be transmitted from animals to humans through a variety of routes, including vectors, skin to skin contact, animal bites, inhalation of respiratory droplets, and ingestion of contaminated animal products.

Question 4

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 5

What is another name for brucellosis?

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

Question 6

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

A)ulceroglandular.
B)oropharyngeal.
C)cholera-like.
D)typhoidal.

Question 7

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

A)human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
B)tularemia.
C)Ebola virus.
D)severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Question 8

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

A)hemolysis.
B)jaundice.
C)congestive heart failure.
D)renal failure.

Question 9

Bacillus anthracis is a pathogen for what types of animals?

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

Question 10

What is the classic symptom of the bubonic plague?

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

Question 11

What is the most common form of anthrax?

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

Question 12

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.

Question 13

Even though this organism is part of the canine and feline normal oral flora, 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 14

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 15

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

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

Question 16

Humans become infected with leptospirosis directly from animal:

A)urine.
B)feces.
C)blood.
D)saliva.

Question 17

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 18

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 19

What disease is transmitted by Ixodes dammini?

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

Question 20

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae normally infects all the following animals except:

A)cows.
B)swine.
C)poultry.
D)fish.

Question 21

Pathogens within the family Anaplasmataceae infect which cell type in humans?

A)Lymphocytes
B)Epithelial cells
C)Erythrocytes
D)Phagocytes

Question 22

Rickettsial organisms, which cause disease in humans, are transmitted by which of the following methods?

A)Arthropod vectors
B)Aerosols
C)Fomite contact
D)Contact with body fluids