Question

29. Match the following answers with the correct items listed below. (1 point each). An answer may be used once, twice or not at all. Write in the letter of the answer in the blank that you choose, not the name in the choice. (1 point each)

1. Eschar skin lesion
2. Small pox
3. Necrotizing fasciitis
4. Viral encephalitis transferred by mosquitoes
5. Transferred by sexual contact and mosquitoes
6. Shingles
7. Neurotoxin transmitted by food
8. Virus that infects B cells
9. Transmitted by fleas
10. Bordetella pertussis
11. Bulls eye rash
12. Bronchiolitis
13. Zoonotic virus without an arthropod vector
14. Infection of the fetus and transplant patients
15. Spore entering a wound

Match these pathogens or disease to the answers above:

1. Group A strep   _________
2. Epstein Barr Virus   __________
3. Bacillus anthracis   __________
4. Zika virus   ___________
5. Clostridium botulinum   ____________
6. Clostridium tetani   _____________
7. Variola major   ___________
8. Cytomegalovirus   _____________
9. Respiratory syncytial virus   ____________
10. Varicella zoster   ____________
11. West Nile virus ____________
12. Ebola virus   __________
13. Whooping cough   ___________
14. Yersinia pestis _________

Answer 1

A. Eschar skin lesion - Bacillus anthracis

B. Smallpox - Variola major

C. Necrotizing fasciitis - Group A Strep

D. Viral encephalitis transferred by mosquitoes - West Nile virus

E. Transferred by sexual contact and mosquitoes - Zika virus

F. Shingles - Varicella zoster

G. Neurotoxin transmitted by food - Clostridium botulinum

H. Virus that infects B cells - Epstein Barr Virus

I. Transmitted by fleas - Yersinia pestis

J. Bordetella pertussis - Whooping cough

K. Bulls eye rash - Borrelia burgdorferi (Option not given)

L. Bronchiolitis - Respiratory syncytial virus

M. Zoonotic virus without an arthropod vector - Ebola virus

N. Infection of the fetus and transplant patients - Cytomegalovirus

O. Spore entering a wound - Clostridium tetani

A. An eschar is a piece of dead tissue on the surface of the skin seen in conditions like cutaneous anthrax.

B. Smallpox is an ancient disease caused by two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor.

C. Group A Streptococcus are the most common cause of necrotizing fasciitis.

D. West Nile virus is a major cause of mosquito-borne encephalitis.

E. Zika virus is transmitted primarily through an infected Aedes species mosquito but can be transmitted from mother to child and through sex.

F. Shingles is also known as herpes zoster and is caused by Varicella zoster.

G. Foodborne botulism is a fatal disease caused by ingestion of potent neurotoxin; the botulinum toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum.

H. Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is a human tumor virus that infects B lymphocytes.

I. Fleas can transmit several potential illnesses to humans, including typhus (caused by Rickettsial bacteria) and plague (caused by Yersinia pestis).

J. Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.

K. Bull's-eye rash or Erythema chronicum migrans is a rash associated with Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi.

L. The most common causative agent for acute bronchiolitis in children is the respiratory syncytial virus.

M. Ebola virus disease is an emerging zoonotic disease and its vector agent is bats.

N. CMV is a herpes virus that can affect a person who is taking antirejection drugs after a transplant operation and pregnancy loss in women.

O. Tetanus infection occurs when the Clostridium tetani spores enter the body through an injury or wound.