Infectious Diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 41: healthy carrier arises due to _____

Answer: subclinical cases or avirulent strain

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Flashcard 42: _____ surveillance is done for Malaria (NMEP)

Answer: Fever

Flashcard 43: _____ and _____ mosquitoes  spread lymphatic filariasis

Answer: culex

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Flashcard 44: _____ surveilance is done for dengue

Answer: larval

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Flashcard 45: Roundworm infection is a public health problem at _____ EPG (eggs per gram of stool)

Answer: >50,000

Extra: WHO Classification for Heavy Intensity Infections: - Ascaris lumbricoides (Roundworm): >50,000 EPG - Hookworm: >4,000 EPG - Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm): >10,000 EPG (EPG = Eggs Per Gram of stool)

Flashcard 46: infections transmitted via soil

Answer: tetanus mycosis soil transmitted helminthes(STH)

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Flashcard 47: _____ is the most sensitive method to diagnose lymphatic filariasis

Answer: membrane filter concentration method

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Flashcard 48: flea index in area should be _____ within 48 hrs of spray of DDT

Answer: <1

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Flashcard 49: Period of communicability (POC) of pertussis is _____

Answer: from 1 week after exposure until 3 weeks after onset of the paroxysmal stage

Flashcard 50: 1. Identify → _____ 2. Habits → _____ 3. Spreads → _____

Answer: Culex Mosquito