Env. Health Chapter 5 Quiz
All of the above (Sand flies, Mosquitoes, Ticks, and Rats and mice)
Examples of disease vectors are
All of the above (Environmental changes, Changes in agriculture, Urbanization, and Mass food processing technology)
Factors contributing to increases in the occurrence of emerging zoonoses include
Post-exposure prophylaxis has prevented human rabies successfully.
Identify the correct fact about rabies
It has animal reservoirs, especially birds and swine.
In what sense is influenza a zoonotic disease?
The Middle East
Leishmaniasis is endemic to
All of the above (Contact with the skin, Ingestion of contaminated foods, Direct inhalation, and Bite or scratch of an animal)
Methods for transmission of zoonotic pathogens include
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium and RSMF by a rickettsial agent.
One of the differences between Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is that
Anthrax
An example of a zoonotic disease is
All of the above (Are most often spread by mosquitoes, Refer to arthropod-borne viral diseases, and Can produce central nervous system illness)
Arborviral diseases
Protozoa
The causative agent for leishmaniasis is a type of
Protozoa
The causative agent for malaria is a type of
B and C
The definition of emerging zoonoses covers
Bacterium
The infectious agent for plague is a
Recovered without receiving intensive care
The term "abortive" hydrophobia refers to a case that
Rabies
The term "hydrophobia" is also known as
Aedes Aegypti mosquito
The vector for dengue fever is
Rodents
The vector for the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the southwestern United States is
The "black death"
Which of the following is an example of a vector-borne disease?
The inhalational form is untreatable.
Which of the following statements about anthrax is untrue?
An animal infected with a zoonotic agent may be free from symptoms.
Which of the following statements about zoonotic diseases is most likely to be true?