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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| variola virus | smallpox |
| mode of transmission for smallpox | droplet |
| lesion of smallpox | skin rash |
| rubeola virus | measles |
| vaccine for measles | MMR |
| mode of transmission for measles | droplet |
| Koplik's spots are a lesion of what cavity? what virus are they associated with? | oral cavity, measles |
| rubella virus | german measles |
| another name for german measles | three day measles |
| a serious concern with the rubeola virus | placental transmission |
| vaccine for german measles | MMR |
| varicella zoster virus | chicken pox |
| mode of transmission for chicken pox | droplet |
| chicken pox can store in basal ganglial cells and reactivate as | shingles |
| severe brain swelling leading to coma and permanent brain damage is called ____ syndrome. It is associated with what virus? | Reye's syndrome, associated with varicella zoster (chicken pox) |
| herpes zoster virus | shingles |
| a unilateral (only on one side of the body) skin rash is a common lesion of | shingles |
| herpes virus that causes oral lesions | herpes simplex 1 |
| herpes virus that causes genital lesions | herpes simplex 2 |
| chicken pox, measles, mumps, and herpes viruses are classified as _______ viruses | dermatropic |
| influenza virus | flu |
| influenza virus is a condition of the upper or lower respiratory tract? | upper |
| two most common viruses which cause the common cold | rhinovirus, coronavirus |
| common cold is a condition of the upper or lower respiratory tract? | upper |
| also known as Four Corners Disease | hantavirus |
| caused by inhalation of airborne particles contaminated with rodent feces | hantavirus |
| is hantavirus a condition of the upper or lower respiratory tract? | lower |
| the flu, common cold, and hantavirus are considered _____ viruses | pneumotropic |
| rhabdovirus | rabies |
| caused by a direct contact bite with an infected animal | rabies |
| hydrophobia is a unique sign of what virus | rabies |
| most vaccines of this virus are administered post-exposure | rabies |
| mode of transmission for poli virus | indirect ingestion of fecal-contaminated food or water |
| inactivated vaccine for polio | Salk |
| attenuated vaccine for polio | Sabin |
| poliomyelitis | polio |
| these viruses are caused by the bite of an infected mosquito | arboviral encephalitis |
| an example of an arbovirus | West Nile Virus |
| rabies, polio, and arboviruses are classified as _____ viruses | neurotropic |
| acute inflammation of the liver which does not progress to chronic liver disease | hepatitis a virus |
| infectious hepatitis | hepatitis a |
| mode of transmission for hepatitis a | indirect ingestion of human fecal contaminated food or water |
| serum hepatitis | hepatitis b |
| which two hepatitis viruses cause patients to become chronic carriers? | hepatitis b and hepatitis c |
| non-A non-B hepatitis | hepatitis c |
| epstein barr virus | mono |
| associated with Burkitt's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma | mononucleosis |
| mononucleosis is said to be in which virus family | herpes |
| CMV inclusion disease | cytomegalovirus |
| mode of transmission for CMV | direct or indirect contact with contaminated bodily fluids |
| a major concern for CMV transmission | placental transmission (neurological damage to fetus if exposed in the first trimester) |
| epidemic parotitis | mumps |
| mode of transmission for mumps | droplet |
| sign: swollen parotid glands | mumps |
| vaccine for mumps | MMR |
| the hepatitis viruses, mono, mumps, and CMV are classified as ______ viruses | visceratropic |
| two most common opportunistic infections of an AIDS patient | PCP and Kaposi's sarcoma |
| indicator of AIDS, CD4 T Cell count drops below ____ | 200 |
| a prion disease | Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
| most common form of CJD | sporadic |
| an infectious protein | prion |
| microsporum, trichophyton, and epidermophyton are the three most common genuses which cause these three types of infections | dermatomycoses, tinea, ringworm |
| an opportunistic yeast infection, common in HIV | candidiasis |
| candidiasis is caused by | Candida albicans |
| cryptococcosis aka ______ is caused by | torulosis, caused by Cryptococcus neoformans |
| this fungal infection is airborne, birds carry the fungus on their feet and beaks | cryptococcosis |
| a fungal infection of the respiratory system caused by a soil fungus | histoplasmosis |
| two other names for histoplasmosis | Darling's disease, cave sickness |
| fungus endemic to the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys | Histoplasmosis |
| histoplasmosis is caused by genus and species: | Histoplasma capsulatum |
| fungal infection of the respiratory system caused by a soil fungus endemic to the southwestern US | coccidioidomycosis |
| two other names for coccidioidomycosis | Valley Fever, Desert Rheumatism |
| Valley Fever is caused by genus and species: | Coccidioides immitis |
| opportunistic fungal respiratory infection of the respiratory system common in AIDS patients | PCP |
| PCP stands for | pneumocystis pneumonia |
| Pneumocystis pneumonia is caused by genus and species (2): | Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) |
| fungual infection of the respiratory system found in decaying vegetation | Aspergillus fumigatus |
| Entamoeba histolytica causes (two names) | amoebic dysentery, amoebiasis |
| mode of transmission for amoebic dysentery | indirect ingestion |
| three modes of movement for protozoan organisms | 1) flagella, 2) cilia, 3) pseudopods |
| mode of movement for Entamoeba histolytica | pseudopods |
| protozoan disease of the cardiovascular system | Malaria |
| genus of mosquito which causes malaria | Anopheles |
| genus of protozoa which can cause malaria | Plasmodium |
| protozoan organism which causes toxoplasmosis | toxoplasma gondii |
| protozoan organism which is transmitted through cat feces-contaminated food or water | toxoplasma gondii |
| cestode AKA | tapeworm |
| nematode AKA | roundworm |
| trematode AKA | fluke |