Infectious Diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 121: Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) are provided in areas with an Annual Parasite Incidence (API) > _____

Answer: 2

Extra: Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) are preferred over conventional Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) because they are treated during manufacture and retain efficacy for 3 years or 20 washes without needing re-treatment.

Flashcard 122: efficiency of HIV transmission via needle stick injury is _____%

Answer: 0.3

Flashcard 123: siphon is _____ in anopheles larva

Answer: absent

Flashcard 124: major source of Hep B are _____ cases

Answer: chronic carrier

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Flashcard 125: isolation is done till _____

Answer: period of communicability

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Flashcard 126: _____ mosquito bites at midnight

Answer: culex

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Flashcard 127: Name the flea-borne diseases:

Answer: 1. Plague 2. Endemic (Murine) typhus 3. Chiggerosis (Tunga penetrans)

Extra: Epidemic typhus is caused by the human body louse (Rickettsia prowazekii). Flea-borne diseases are primarily transmitted by the rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) or the sand flea (Tunga penetrans).

Flashcard 128: CFR of KFD is _____%

Answer: 5-10

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Flashcard 129: The 15th round of HIV sentinel surveillance was conducted in _____

Answer: 2016-17

Extra: The 17th round (latest) of HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS) was conducted in 2021.

Flashcard 130: 1. Identify → _____ 2. Features → Siphon tube present, rests perpendicular to undersurface of water

Answer: Culex Larva