QUESTIONS ANSWERS PATIENT ASSESSMENT
REVIEW SHEET
◉ Referring to the table at the top of page 738 of the CDC MMW
Report, what percentage of the total population of Trapeang Roka,
Cambodia during the study period complained of having all three
symptoms of the disease?.
Answer: 38.3%
◉ Referring to Figure 1 at the top of page 739 of the CDC MMW
Report, the number of persons reporting onset of fever among the
village residents of Trapeang Roka, Cambodia during the study
period was highest on approximately.
Answer: March 18, 2012
◉ The main public health implication of the report on Vaccine-
Derived Polioviruses (VDPVs) is that.
Answer: the circulation of VDPVs most likely represents low
poliovirus vaccine coverage
◉ The ability of the polio virus to cause disease is known as its.
Answer: pathogenicity
, ◉ Referring to the table at the top of page 745 of the CDC MMW
Report, the date of the last outbreak case, last patient isolate, or last
environmental sample of the polio virus in Peru was.
Answer: April 11, 2011
◉ In the report titled Histoplasmosis Outbreak Among Day Camp
Attendees — Nebraska, June 2012, the pathogen responsible for the
disease is.
Answer: fungal
◉ The route of transmission of Histoplasmosis is typically.
Answer: inhalation of soil contaminated with bird or bat droppings
◉ A confirmed case of histoplasmosis was defined as a.
Answer: serum or urine test positive for H. capsulatum
◉ Assume 797 children who attended the camp are considered to be
the "at risk" population in the report of Histoplasmosis Outbreak
Among Day Camp Attendees — Nebraska, June 2012. If five
confirmed cases of histoplasmosis existed on June 15, 2012, the
point prevalence of the disease on that date is approximately.
Answer: 6.3 in 1000