Portage Microbiology Exam #6
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True or False. A patient infected with Rubella is only considered infectious when
the trademark rash is visible. - ANSWER -False. A patient infected with Rubella is
infectious one week before and one week after the appearance of the rash.
Which of the following diseases does a linear, double-stranded DNA virus cause?
A. Measles
B Mumps
C. Rubella
D. B and C
E. None of the above - ANSWER -E. Measles, mumps, and rubella are linear,
single-stranded RNA virus
What linear, double-stranded, enveloped DNA virus is the first virus (as of Oct.
26, 1977) to be officially declared eradicated? (short ANSWER) - ANSWER -
Smallpox
By whom and where was the first Polio vaccine developed? - ANSWER -Jonas
Salk and his research team developed the polio vaccine at the University of
Pittsburgh in 1955
What diseases displays as a secondary characteristic swelling of the testes/ovaries
and pancreas? (short ANSWER) - ANSWER -Mumps. They will have primary
swelling in the parotid in the neck but will also have swelling in the testes/ovaries
and pancreas
What disease is best characterized by painful swelling of the parotid? (short
ANSWER) - ANSWER -Mumps. A patient infected with mumps (aka epidemic
parotitis) has swelling in the parotid (salivary glands) located in the neck
, A patient diagnosed with German measles may additionally experience what
disease? Select all that apply
A. Impetigo
B. Conjuctivitis
C. Rheumatic fever
D. Influenza-like symptoms - ANSWER -B and D
You go to visit a friend who has chickenpox. While visiting what are two things
you will be sure to avoid so you don't also become infected? - ANSWER -1. You
would want to be sure to keep a distance especially if your friend is coughing or
sneezing as chickenpox can be transmitted through air-borne droplets
(sneezing/coughs). 2. You would also have to be absolutely certain to avoid direct
contact with the blisters of an infected individual
True or False: Someone who had chicken pox as a child is likely to develop
shingles while in college, where the median age of college students is 18-22 years
old - ANSWER -False. The most common age for shingles reactivation and shingle
diagnosis tends to occur in people greater than 60 years of age
True or False: Similar to chickenpox, the blisters that appear with Shingles can
cover the entire body - ANSWER -False. Unlike chickenpox blisters, which can
form anywhere, the blisters associated with shingles are localized and limited to
small areas
A person who has neither previously had chickenpox nor been administered the
VZV vaccine is exposed to someone with an active VZV (shingles) outbreak and
becomes infected. Explain why (or why not) the person will only develop shingles
- ANSWER -The infected individual will not develop shingles, but will develop
chicken pox. Unvaccinated and unexposed individuals must first develop
chickenpox, as shingles is the reactivation of the dormant VZV virus from the
chickenpox infection
While traveling abroad, should you be worried about coming into contact with
either the Variola major or Variola minor viruses? - ANSWER -No. Both viruses
Questions With 100% Verified
solutions
True or False. A patient infected with Rubella is only considered infectious when
the trademark rash is visible. - ANSWER -False. A patient infected with Rubella is
infectious one week before and one week after the appearance of the rash.
Which of the following diseases does a linear, double-stranded DNA virus cause?
A. Measles
B Mumps
C. Rubella
D. B and C
E. None of the above - ANSWER -E. Measles, mumps, and rubella are linear,
single-stranded RNA virus
What linear, double-stranded, enveloped DNA virus is the first virus (as of Oct.
26, 1977) to be officially declared eradicated? (short ANSWER) - ANSWER -
Smallpox
By whom and where was the first Polio vaccine developed? - ANSWER -Jonas
Salk and his research team developed the polio vaccine at the University of
Pittsburgh in 1955
What diseases displays as a secondary characteristic swelling of the testes/ovaries
and pancreas? (short ANSWER) - ANSWER -Mumps. They will have primary
swelling in the parotid in the neck but will also have swelling in the testes/ovaries
and pancreas
What disease is best characterized by painful swelling of the parotid? (short
ANSWER) - ANSWER -Mumps. A patient infected with mumps (aka epidemic
parotitis) has swelling in the parotid (salivary glands) located in the neck
, A patient diagnosed with German measles may additionally experience what
disease? Select all that apply
A. Impetigo
B. Conjuctivitis
C. Rheumatic fever
D. Influenza-like symptoms - ANSWER -B and D
You go to visit a friend who has chickenpox. While visiting what are two things
you will be sure to avoid so you don't also become infected? - ANSWER -1. You
would want to be sure to keep a distance especially if your friend is coughing or
sneezing as chickenpox can be transmitted through air-borne droplets
(sneezing/coughs). 2. You would also have to be absolutely certain to avoid direct
contact with the blisters of an infected individual
True or False: Someone who had chicken pox as a child is likely to develop
shingles while in college, where the median age of college students is 18-22 years
old - ANSWER -False. The most common age for shingles reactivation and shingle
diagnosis tends to occur in people greater than 60 years of age
True or False: Similar to chickenpox, the blisters that appear with Shingles can
cover the entire body - ANSWER -False. Unlike chickenpox blisters, which can
form anywhere, the blisters associated with shingles are localized and limited to
small areas
A person who has neither previously had chickenpox nor been administered the
VZV vaccine is exposed to someone with an active VZV (shingles) outbreak and
becomes infected. Explain why (or why not) the person will only develop shingles
- ANSWER -The infected individual will not develop shingles, but will develop
chicken pox. Unvaccinated and unexposed individuals must first develop
chickenpox, as shingles is the reactivation of the dormant VZV virus from the
chickenpox infection
While traveling abroad, should you be worried about coming into contact with
either the Variola major or Variola minor viruses? - ANSWER -No. Both viruses
