Exam 30: Vectorborne and Soilborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases

Rickettsial disease detection/identification includes which of the following?

The causative agent of Lyme disease is ________,which is carried primarily by the ________.

What type of diseases require biosafety level (BSL)4 procedures and facilities when working with samples that may be infected?

Very few preventative measures are taken against anthrax,because

Epizootic diseases often occur in wild animals on a periodic or cyclic basis.

Various Ixodes spp.,as well as various Borrelia spp.,may be involved in the transmission and cause of Lyme disease.

In bubonic plague,buboes are swellings formed in the lymph nodes and filled with

Murine toxin is a ________ that plays a role in both the murine and human forms of the disease.

The rickettsias are divided into groups based loosely on

Rickettsia prowazekii is transmitted to humans when a louse bite becomes contaminated with louse feces.

Animal-transmitted diseases are generally spread to accidental hosts by

Which of the following would be the best strategy to prevent the spread of yellow fever and dengue fever into the southern United States?

Which rickettsial disease can be transmitted by contaminated milk?

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a viral respiratory disease caused by contact with

Which insect functions in the host-to-host transmission of typhus?

The hantaviruses are occasionally spread by person-to-person transmission,although exposure to infected rodent excretia is the most common route of infection.

Only high-risk individuals such as scientists working with the organism,livestock workers,and military personnel are vaccinated for anthrax.

Which of the following pathogens is spread by infected lice?

Tetanus develops from a puncture wound because

Control of certain diseases is nearly impossible,because we cannot