Infectious Diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 141: Identify the TB control strategy involving direct observation of treatment: _____

Answer: DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment - Short-course Therapy)

Extra: DOTS is the internationally recommended strategy for TB control, currently implemented under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) in India.

Flashcard 142: isolation is done for _____ people

Answer: infected

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Flashcard 143: anopheles culicifacies has _____ transmission capacity

Answer: low

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Flashcard 144: according to NVBDCP,lymphatic filariasis coverage should be _____%

Answer: >80

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Flashcard 145: lymphatic filariasis is mc seen in _____ of age group

Answer: 20-40 years

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Flashcard 146: examples of diseases spreading via airborne route

Answer: TB Measles Chickenpox Disseminated Herpes Zoster

Extra: Airborne transmission involves droplet nuclei (< 5 microns) that can remain suspended in the air for long periods and travel distances > 1 meter. Key examples: 1. Tuberculosis 2. Measles (Rubeola) 3. Varicella (Chickenpox) 4. Disseminated Herpes Zoster (Localized zoster is contact only) 5. Smallpox

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Answer: rickettsial disease and vectors

Extra: typhus

Flashcard 148: _____species of flea is the vector of plague

Answer: xenopsylla cheopis

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Flashcard 149: Typhoid carriers:\nmale _____ female

Answer: <

Flashcard 150: MOT of leprosy is via _____

Answer: respiratory route

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