True or False?
Leishmaniasis transmission occurs by drinking water contaminated with the cyclops crustacean.
FALSE
100
What is the most common Food-borne illness?
Salmonella
100
True or False: There is a vaccine that protects against Cytomegalovirus.
FALSE
100
A young child who had experienced severe bronchiolitis as a baby was wheezing heavily when they caught a cold and was taken to a doctor. When examined, the child’s forced expiratory volume (FEV) was very low. The child was diagnosed with ______________ (chronic) and given a prescription for inhaled corticosteroids.
Asthma
100
What is the name of the prion disease found in Sheep?
Scrapie
200
What type of parasite is a single-celled animal, and microscopic?
Protozoans (e.g. malaria)
200
Name at least 2 symptoms of Norovirus
Diarrhea, Nausea, stomach pain, fever, headache, body aches, dehydration
200
When should women be tested for group B strep?
35 - 37 weeks gestation
200
A woman in her 40’s goes for her annual gynecological checkup. Her pap smear reveals that she had abnormal cells in her cervix and was positive for ______________ (infectious)
Human-Papilloma Virus (HPV)
200
What did Stanley Prusiner contribute to the discovery of prion diseases?
He coined the term Prion.
300
In the life cycle of malaria, what is it called when the red blood cells are infected and the parasite is in a haploid stage?
Merozoite
300
What is the scientific/organism name for Botulism?
Clostridium botulinum
300
What are the three ways HIV is passed from mother to child?
Breast MIlk
Labor and delivery
In Utero
300
An infant is brought to a rural clinic with heavy mucous production, fever and difficulty breathing. The baby is given oxygen and the mucous is suctioned out of their nasal passage. The baby is sent to a nearby hospital for further care. After a week, the worst of their fight with _______________ (infectious) is past.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
300
What is a prion and how does it work?
A malformation of the prion protein.
400
What is the class of drugs that is from the cinchona plant and is an antimalarial?
Quinine class
(resistance to the drug is common, targets blood phase)
400
What is the scientific/organism name for Campylobacter?
Campylobacter Jejuni
400
When should a pregnant mother with HIV begin taking antiretrovirals?
Not until the 2nd trimester
400
An older immigrant man walked into an ER in NYC with severe jaundice, nausea and vomiting. He was immediately admitted and underwent testing to determine the problem. He was diagnosed with _______________ (chronic).
Chronic Liver Disease
400
This man is an expert on Kuru disease, similar to BSE and CJD. He described the prion as being a “slow-acting virus”. What is his name?
Carlton Gadjusek
500
Between which phases does the malaria parasite change from a haploid to a diploid?
Gametes to Zygote
500
Name all 6 food-borne illnesses in alphabetical order
What is the name of the drug that helps prevent RSV in high-risk infants?
Palivizumab
500
A 35 year old woman visited her doctor after experiencing dull pain in her abdomen over the course of a few weeks. When she ate something it would get a little better, but it was mostly there all the time. Worried it might be appendicitis, she came in to get a checkup. After ruling out appendicitis, the doctor proceeded to check the gastrointestinal tract and found evidence of a _____________ (chronic).
Peptic ulcer
500
What contributions did Tikvah Alper contribute to the discovery of prion diseases?
Proved “slow-acting virus” notion false and discovered that Scrapie in sheep was actually caused by a mutated protein (later to be called 'prion').