Tag: infectious diseases and how to prevent them
Questions Related to infectious diseases and how to prevent them
Epidemiological triad refers to _____________________.
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Host, disease and environment
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Host, agent and environment
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Host, agent and disease
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Agent, disease and environment
Among many epidemiologic triad or triangle, the traditional model for an infectious disease (The triad ) consists of an external agent, a susceptible host, and an environment. So, the correct option B ( Host, agent, and environment )
The granulocyte to arrive first at the site of an infection is
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Neutrophile
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Eosinophil
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Basophil
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All of these
Neutrophils. The first immune cells that arrive at an injured site are mostly neutrophils, which are quick-response immune cells that recognize and destroy bacteria.
Which is an infectious disease?
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Coronary thrombosis
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HIV
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Diabetes mellitus
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Diptheria
Infectious diseases are those diseases which are caused by microorganisms like fungi, bacteria, virus, parasites. HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) causes AIDS (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). It is a sexually transmitted disease. Diphtheria is caused by bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheria. It affects the mucous membrane of throat and upper respiratory tract. Coronary thrombosis is a disease that results due to accumulation of blood clot on the walls of arteries. Diabetes mellitus is a disease that results due to insufficient production of insulin in the body.
At the time of birth presence of which antibody indicates the infection of foetus?(Intrauterine infection)
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IgG
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IgD
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IgM
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IgA
Which of the following disease is caused by a proteinaceous infectious agent?
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Potato spindle tuber disease
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Spongiform encephalopathy
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Red rust of tea
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White rust of members of cruciferae
The limitations that are normally confronted while treating an infectious disease is/are
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Body functions are impaired and may never recover completely
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The patient is confined to bed for some time
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Infected person serves as a potential source of spread of infectious disease to other persons
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All of the above
The limitations that are confronted while treating an infectious disease are that the impaired body functions happened due to the infection cannot recover completely, the patient is asked to have complete bed rest and infectious disease can spread from one person to another as it a contentious disease.
Which of the following symptoms indicate red sickness ?
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Red and ulcerated skin
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Nausea and anaemia
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Nausea and loss of hair
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Ulcerated skin, nausea and loss of hair
Pellagra or red sickness is a vitamin deficiency disease caused by chronic lack of Vitamin B3 in the diet. It can also be caused by the decreased intake of niacin or tryptophan. Described as three D's diarrhea, dermatitis, and dementia, this is indicated by symptoms such as dermatitis, alopecia or hair loss, edema or swelling, red skin lesions, weakness and mental confusion.
Which one of the following groups of diseases spreads through mosquito bites among humans?
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Dengue fever, Viral encephalitis, Yellow fever
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Malaria, Filariasis, Poliomyelitis
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Filariasis, Malaria, Ascariasis
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Ancylostomiasis, Ringworm, Dengue fever
Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illness are disease caused by bacterial, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. They can transmit disease without being affected themselves. Mosquito vectored diseases include protozoan diseases, i.e., malaria, filarial diseases, and viruses such as dengue, encephalitis and yellow fever.
Which of the following spreads through blood transfusion?
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Hepatitis
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Measles
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AIDS
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Polio
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Both A and C
Influenza, chicken pox, measles are spread by
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Vectors
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Viruses
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Skin-to-skin contact
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Droplet infection
- Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (commonly known as chickenpox), influenza are the chronic diseases of a virus.
- These can be prevented from spreading by using vaccines. This vaccine works by prior exposure of a small dose of the virus or a protein from the virus, which activates the immune response.