Infectious Diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 181: Vectors of yellow fever

Answer: 1. **Urban cycle:** *Aedes aegypti* 2. **Jungle (Sylvatic) cycle:** - **Africa:** *Aedes africanus* - **South America:** *Haemagogus* and *Sabethes* species

Extra: Yellow fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. The "urban" cycle involves human-to-human transmission via Aedes aegypti, while the "jungle" cycle involves monkey-to-human transmission via forest-canopy mosquitoes.

Flashcard 182: Integrated Vector Management (IVM) uses the same methods for _____ and _____ in rural areas.

Answer: malaria

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Answer: rickettsial disease and vectors

Extra: typhus

Flashcard 184: main research centre for AIDS is _____

Answer: NARI(national AIDS research institute) 

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Flashcard 185: Aedes Aegypti Index should be <_____ for all international airports

Answer: 1

Extra: The Aedes aegypti index is the percentage of houses/premises positive for Aedes aegypti larvae. according to International Health Regulations (IHR), points of entry must be kept free of Aedes within a 400m radius.

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Answer: tetanus prophylaxis

Extra: ALWAYS GIVE I.G. IF PATIENT IS HIV +VE

Flashcard 187: eggs of culex mosquitoes are _____ shaped

Answer: raft

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Flashcard 188: 4 mc rickettsial infections found in india are

Answer: endemic typhus scrub typhus Q fever Indian tick typhus epidemic absent

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Flashcard 189: _____ mosquito is aka sophisticated mosquito

Answer: anopheles

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Flashcard 190: The mode of transmission of diphtheria is via _____

Answer: nasopharyngeal secretions