Environment Chapter 5

Methods for the control of mosquito-borne diseases include:

use of mosquito-eating fish. removing standing water around the home. ALL OF THESE ARE CORRECT. wearing long clothing. monitoring the presence of viruses in sentinel chickens and birds.

Which of the following statements about zoonotic diseases is most likely to be true?

AN ANIMAL INFECTED WITH A ZOONOTIC AGENT MAY BE FREE FROM SYMPTOMS. Immunocompromised persons may be at reduced risk for morbidity from zoonotic diseases. A zoonotic disease is always associated with transmission by a vector. None of these is correct. Children younger than 5 may be at reduced risk for morbidity from zoonotic diseases.

The vector for dengue fever is:

Ixodes scapularis. AEDES AGYPTI MOSQUITO. Peromyscus maniculatus. Anopheles mosquito. phlebotomus flies.

One of the differences between Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is that:

Lyme disease is caused by a rickettsial agent and RSMF by a bacterium. Lyme disease is transmitted by mosquitoes and RSMF by ticks. None of these is correct. Lyme disease is transmitted by ticks and RSMF by fleas. LYME DISEASE IS CAUSED BY A BACTERIUM AND RSMF BY A RICKETTSIAL AGENT.

Leishmaniasis is endemic to:

None of these is correct. Perth, Australia. the midwest United States. THE MIDDLE EAST. the Rocky Mountains.

Which of the following is an example of a vector-borne disease?

Trichinellosis Measles None of these is correct. THE "BLACK DEATH" Q-fever

Which of the following is an example of a zoonotic disease?

Whooping cough Hand, foot, and mouth disease ANTHRAX Measles Schistosomiasis

The term abortive human rabies refers to a case that:

also experienced comorbidity with monkeypox. required an abortion in order to survive. None of these is correct. RECOVERED WITHOUT RECEIVING INTENSIVE CARE. was caused by Francisella tularensis.

The causative agent for malaria is a type of:

rickettsial agent. PROTOZOA. bacterium. virus. prion.

The vector for the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the southwestern United States is:

wild birds. None of these is correct. RODENTS. snakes. coyotes.