Patient A contracted Anthrax via a cut in the skin and suffered necrotic lesions. What manifestation of the disease is this?
Cutaneous
100
What does Bacillus anthracis produce that causes it to be extremely virulent?
Endospores
100
Is a vaccine available for anthrax?
YES
100
What type of Smallpox is the most fatal?
Malignant
100
The modified form of Smallpox is commonly mistaken for this common childhood disease?
Chicken Pox
200
Victim that opened letter from the postal service suffered massive chest and cardiovascular shock. What manifestation could this be?
Pulmonary
200
What aerobic condition allows anthrax to survive in an oxygen rich or non oxygen rich environment?
Facultative anaerobes
200
What is the most common treatment for anthrax?
Beta-lactam antibiotics
200
What is another name for Hemorrhagic Smallpox?
Black pox
200
What would be another term to describe the pus filled lesions that form as a result of Smallpox?
Pustule or Purulent lesion
300
How was the first confirmed infection of anthrax introduced in the United States in the 1970's?
Envelope filled with anthrax spores
300
What is unique pertaining to Smallpox that makes it unable to be treated by antibiotics?
It's a virus
300
What makes Beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin effective against anthrax?
Target gram-positive bacteria
300
Is anthrax contagious?
No but it is transmitted from inhalation or ingestion of spores
300
In 1967 the WHO (World Health Organization) estimated that this number of people had contracted Smallpox?
15 million
400
An example of this mode of transmission would be when the anthrax was picked up from a mail bin contaminated with anthrax endospores?
Fomites
400
What is the enzyme that allows anthrax to survive in variable atmospheric conditions?
Oxidase
400
What is a common treatment for Smallpox? What are the complications associated with this treatment?
After waiting 5 days a vaccination is void
400
Why is anthrax not as efficient as a biological weapon as Smallpox?
It is not contagious unlike Smallpox
400
What does the Latin name "Variola" mean?
Spotted or Pimple
500
Patient B suffers from bloody diarrhea and vomiting, painful swallowing, swelling of the abdomen, and stomach pain. What manifestation of anthrax is this?
Gastrointestinal
500
How was Smallpox spread throughout St. Walberga Hospital?
From patient to staff to patient by droplet infection
500
What is a last result treatment for fatal cases of Smallpox?
Palliative
500
Recall that Bacillus anthracis if commonly found in soil. Because the bacteria's notorious longevity, disturbed gravesites of infected animals were found to have caused reinfection over 70 years after the animal's internment. What virulence factor is the cause of this?
Endospores
500
What was Smallpox originally known as in medieval times?