Infectious Diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 331: What is the key unit of implementation of the anti-malaria programme?

Answer: District Malaria Office

Flashcard 332: The 'ALL IN' initiative aims to end the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in the _____ population.

Answer: adolescent

Flashcard 333: Based on their life cycle, which type of zoonoses require more than one vertebrate host to complete the developmental cycle, but no invertebrate host?

Answer: Cyclozoonoses

Flashcard 334: Which kit is used for Urethral discharge, Cervical discharge, and Anorectal discharge?

Answer: Grey kit (Kit 1)

Extra: NACO Syndromic Management of STI/RTI Kits: • Kit 1 (Grey): Urethral discharge, Cervical discharge, Anorectal discharge • Kit 2 (Green): Vaginal discharge (Candidiasis, Trichomoniasis, Bacterial vaginosis) • Kit 3 (White): Genital ulcer - Non-herpetic (Chancroid, Syphilis) • Kit 4 (Blue): Genital ulcer - Non-herpetic (Penicillin allergic patients) • Kit 5 (Red): Genital ulcer - Herpetic (Herpes simplex) • Kit 6 (Yellow): Lower abdominal pain (PID) • Kit 7 (Black): Scrotal swelling (Epididymo-orchitis)

Flashcard 335: Indoor residual sprays are not used in the vector control measures for Japanese Encephalitis, as its vectors (culex) are _____.

Answer: outdoor resters

Flashcard 336: The duration of isolation recommended for a patient with cholera is until _____ days of antibiotic therapy.

Answer: 3

Flashcard 337: Q fever is caused by Coxiella burnetii which is a zoonotic disease transmitted by _____

Answer: inhalation of aerosols

Flashcard 338: Isolation is recommended until _____ hrs after the initiation of effective therapy in bacterial meningitis.

Answer: 24

Flashcard 339: According to NTEP, drug sensitivity testing for resistance is done through

Answer: Line probe assay

Flashcard 340: Droplet transmission is _____ a mode of transmission of the Zika virus.

Answer: not