V_PBIO 8458 - Veterinary Public Health » Summer 2022 » Quiz 6 Lecture 17,18,18b

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Question #1
An ulcerative cutaneous infection that occurs after puncture from a thorny branch would most likely involve this agent.
A.   Clostridium botulinum
B.   Sporothrix schnekii
C.   Bartonella henselae
D.   Trichophyton
Question #2
Prion disease in most animals, including humans, is thought to arise as a result of all of the following EXCEPT:
A.   ingestion of contaminated meat
B.   spontaneous changes in protein structure
C.   aerosol exposure
D.   genetic predisposition toward prion development
Question #3
Which of the following is true concerning treatment of fungal diseases
A.   Antifungal medications tend to have few side effects
B.   A Wood's lamp is useful for monitoring success of treatment of many dermatologic infections
C.   Months of therapy is usually required
D.   Isoniazid and rifampin are often first line drugs of choice
Question #4
Which of the following statements is true?
A.   Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus causes severe disease in most people who become infected
B.   Transmission of the West Nile Virus by its primary vector would be expected to occur between dusk to dawn
C.   West Nile Virus has the highest mortality rate of any mosquito borne disease in the US
D.   EEE, VEE, WEE all cause disease of similar severity
Question #5
Microsporum gypseum would be described as this due to the most common origin of infection with this organism
A.   geophilic
B.   zoophilic
C.   anthropophilic
D.   sarcophilic
Question #6
CJD and variant CJD differ in all of the following features EXCEPT
A.   classification as a transmissable spongiform encephalopathy
B.   duration of illness
C.   presence of diagnostic EEG changes
D.   age of onset of disease
Question #7
West Nile Virus belongs to which of the following virus families
A.   Flavivirus
B.   Arbovirus
C.   Filovirus
D.   Togavirus
Question #8
Which of these is not a prion disease
A.   Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
B.   Transmissible mink encephalopathy
C.   Scrapie
D.   Kuru
Question #9
The potential clinical signs of Lyme disease include all of the following EXCEPT:
A.   erythematous rash
B.   meningitis
C.   hepatitis
D.   arthritis
Question #10
The proteinaceous particles from which prions evolve have high affinity binding sites for which element?
A.   iron
B.   calcium
C.   potassium
D.   copper

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