Infectious Diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 241: _____% of previously treated TB cases show multi drug resistance

Answer: 12

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Flashcard 242: example of cyclo propagative transmission

Answer: malaria

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Flashcard 243: _____ are used in cholera

Answer: Coal tar disinfectants

Extra: Bleaching powder is also used.

Flashcard 244: period of communicability(POC) of chicken pox is _____

Answer: 2 days before rash and 4 days after rash

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Flashcard 245: breteau index is used for surveilance of _____

Answer: dengue

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Flashcard 246: _____ (Indian gerbil) is the wild reservoir of plague

Answer: Tatera indica

Flashcard 247: period of communicability for measles is _____

Answer: 4-5 days before and 4-5 after  rash

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Flashcard 248: _____ is the incidental host for japanese encephalitis

Answer: man

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Flashcard 249: In underdeveloped countries, hepatic abscesses have a relatively _____ incidence and are usually caused by parasitic infections

Answer: high

Flashcard 250: People with chickenpox are contagious _____ hours before the rash is evident and until the vesicles have crusted

Answer: 24-48