Infectious Diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: louse borne diseases are

Answer: ET among us relapsing fever epidemic typhus trench fever forrest ,Q fever ,

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Flashcard 2: _____ is the mc type of Hep E virus present in india

Answer: genotype 1

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Flashcard 3: _____ leprosy is associated with a strong Th2-cell response, allowing for humoral immunity

Answer: Lepromatous

Flashcard 4: Besides ingestion of contaminated food, how is Listeria monocytogenes transmitted (2)?_____; vaginally during childbirth

Answer: Transplacentally

Flashcard 5: The bugs that are associated with Guillain-Barre Syndrome are ICE MyCZ:I_____CMVEBVMycoplasma PneumoniaeCampylobacterZika

Answer: nfluenzavirus

Flashcard 6: Shigella _____ can produce a shiga toxin that leads to hemolytic-uremic syndrome

Answer: dysenteriae

Flashcard 7: _____ activates adenylyl cyclase in the gut, thereby increasing water secretion and causing diarrhea

Answer: Heat labile toxin

Flashcard 8: _____ makes dextrans which bind to fibrin-platelet aggregates on damaged heart valves.

Answer: Streptococcus sanguinis (viridans family)

Flashcard 9: _____ to eye contact and fomites can transmit Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes A, B, C (trachoma)

Answer: Hand

Flashcard 10: Chronic carriers of Salmonella _____ carry the infection in their gallbladder (organ)

Answer: typhi

Flashcard 11: Slow virus diseases which are caused by _____ include CJD, Kuru, Madcow disease

Answer: prions

Flashcard 12: Five-day fever is caused by Bartonella _____.

Answer: quintana

Flashcard 13: Which part of males are resistant to gonococcal infection?_____

Answer: Testes