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

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