CNUR 401: Module 6 Immunization and
Communicable Disease exam Questions Solved
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Routine Immunizations for 6 months to 17 years - ✔✔Influenza (yearly)
Routine Immunizations for 18 years + - ✔✔Influenza (yearly)
Td (tetanus, diptheria) q 10 years, Tdap (tetanus, diptheria, acellular pertussis) should
replace on of the Td doses
MMR (measles mumps rubella)- 2 doses for those born since Jan 1, 1970
Varicella- 2 doses for certain eligible non-immune adults, check with Public Health for
more info
Routine Immunizations for 65 years + - ✔✔Pneumococcal polysaccharide 23 (one
lifetime dose)
Objectives of immunization programs - ✔✔to prevent, control, eliminate, or
eradicate vaccine-preventable diseases (depeneidn gon the epidemiology of the
diseases, efficacy of available vaccines, and the ability to reach target populations)
Vaccine hesitancy - ✔✔term used to describe refusal or delay in regular
immunization schedules due to concerns about immunization
Combination Vaccine - ✔✔THere are three different types of vaccine preparations
based on how many and what types of immunizing antigens are contianed in the vaccine
-vaccines contianing only one immunizing antigen against one disease
-vaccines containing immunizing antigens against more than one serogroup or serotype
of the same disease
, -vaccines containing immunizing antigen against more than one vaccine preventable
disease (ex. MMR)
Emerging infectious disease - ✔✔those in which the incidence has actually increased
in the past two decades or has the potential to incresae in the near future
-new or known infections
Anthrax - ✔✔an acute disease caused by spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis
(highly resistant to disinfection and environmental destruction and may remain in
contaminated soil for many years)
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) - ✔✔an infectious disease caused by the
hantavirus that begisn with flue-like symptoms that can become life-threatening when
the virus effects the lungs and causes respiratory syndrome
Elimination - ✔✔goal, to remove a disease from a large geographical area such as a
country or region or the world
Eradication - ✔✔the permanent elimination of a disease worldwide (ex. small pox)
Communicable disease - ✔✔disease of human or animal origin caused by an
infectious agent
Resistence - ✔✔ability of the host to withstand infection, and it may involve natural
or acquired immunity
Natural immunity - ✔✔refers to species-determined, innate resistance to an
infectious agent
Communicable Disease exam Questions Solved
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Routine Immunizations for 6 months to 17 years - ✔✔Influenza (yearly)
Routine Immunizations for 18 years + - ✔✔Influenza (yearly)
Td (tetanus, diptheria) q 10 years, Tdap (tetanus, diptheria, acellular pertussis) should
replace on of the Td doses
MMR (measles mumps rubella)- 2 doses for those born since Jan 1, 1970
Varicella- 2 doses for certain eligible non-immune adults, check with Public Health for
more info
Routine Immunizations for 65 years + - ✔✔Pneumococcal polysaccharide 23 (one
lifetime dose)
Objectives of immunization programs - ✔✔to prevent, control, eliminate, or
eradicate vaccine-preventable diseases (depeneidn gon the epidemiology of the
diseases, efficacy of available vaccines, and the ability to reach target populations)
Vaccine hesitancy - ✔✔term used to describe refusal or delay in regular
immunization schedules due to concerns about immunization
Combination Vaccine - ✔✔THere are three different types of vaccine preparations
based on how many and what types of immunizing antigens are contianed in the vaccine
-vaccines contianing only one immunizing antigen against one disease
-vaccines containing immunizing antigens against more than one serogroup or serotype
of the same disease
, -vaccines containing immunizing antigen against more than one vaccine preventable
disease (ex. MMR)
Emerging infectious disease - ✔✔those in which the incidence has actually increased
in the past two decades or has the potential to incresae in the near future
-new or known infections
Anthrax - ✔✔an acute disease caused by spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis
(highly resistant to disinfection and environmental destruction and may remain in
contaminated soil for many years)
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) - ✔✔an infectious disease caused by the
hantavirus that begisn with flue-like symptoms that can become life-threatening when
the virus effects the lungs and causes respiratory syndrome
Elimination - ✔✔goal, to remove a disease from a large geographical area such as a
country or region or the world
Eradication - ✔✔the permanent elimination of a disease worldwide (ex. small pox)
Communicable disease - ✔✔disease of human or animal origin caused by an
infectious agent
Resistence - ✔✔ability of the host to withstand infection, and it may involve natural
or acquired immunity
Natural immunity - ✔✔refers to species-determined, innate resistance to an
infectious agent
