Infectious Diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 121: siphon is _____ in anopheles larva

Answer: absent

Flashcard 122: The acronym _____ stands for Integrated Disease Surveillance Project.

Answer: IDSP

Flashcard 123: major source of Hep B are _____ cases

Answer: chronic carrier

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Flashcard 124: POC (period of communicability) for mumps is _____ the onset of parotitis (swelling).

Answer: 4-6 days before until 5 days after

Flashcard 125: _____ is the insecticide of choice for control of kala azar

Answer: DDT

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Flashcard 126: _____ mosquito bites at midnight

Answer: culex

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Flashcard 127: isolation is done till _____

Answer: period of communicability

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Flashcard 128: CFR of KFD is _____%

Answer: 5-10

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Flashcard 129: quarantine is done till _____

Answer: max incubation period

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Flashcard 130: 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).