Modes of Viral Transmission
Virology
Mycology
Protozoa
Worms
100
The influenza virus is transmitted through what pathway?
What is respiratory.
100
Which virus belonging to the Reoviridae group causes gastroenteritis in infants and young children but an asymptomatic infection in adults?
What is Rotavirus
100
The India ink stain is used as a presumptive test for the presence of which organism?
What is Cryptococcus neoformans
100
What is the host called in which the parasite goes through its sexual cycle.
what is the definitive host
100
Eating poorly cooked infected pork can lead to an infection with:
What is Taenia solium
200
The hepatitis B virus is transmitted how?
What is blood borne?
200
Which virus is associated with venereal and respiratory tract warts and produces lesions of skin and mucous membranes?
What is HPV
200
Cutaneous disease involving skin, hair, and nails usually indicates an infection with a:
What is a dermatophyte
200
Name this large ciliated parasite that lives in the colon of pigs, humans, and rodents. 
What is Balantdium coli
200
This fluke is has a snail host. It cause intestinal, bladder, and liver infections.
Schistosoma heamatobium
300
The enterovirus is transmitted through what route?
What is fecal oral route.
300
The most common causes of viral pneumonia in adults are
what are Influenza and adenovirus
300
A mold that produces colonies with a dark brown, green-black, or black appearance of both the surface and reverse side is classified as a:
what is a dematiaceous mold
300
What are the symptoms of malaria? (there are 4)
What are fever, chills, headache, and muscle spasm.
300
This organism is the major cause of lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis).
What is Wuchereria bacrofti?
400
HIV is considered a what?
Sexually transmitted disease
400
A young father of two small children complained of a rash on the torso of his body. The children had been diagnosed with chickenpox and confined to their home. The father had experienced chickenpox as a child and knew he did not have the same rash as his children. What is the most likely cause of the father's rash
what is varicella zoster virus
400
A 2-month-old infant in good health was scheduled for a checkup at the pediatrician's office. After arriving for the appointment, the mother noted white patches on the baby's tongue and in his mouth. The baby constantly used a pacifier. What is the most likely organism causing the white patches?
What is Candida albicans
400
Name this organism that has world wide distribution, lives in the small intestine and results in malabsorption. 
What is Giardia
400
This microfilarial parasite can cause visual impairment, blindness, and severe itching of the skin in those infected.
What is Onchocerca volvulus
500
The rabies virus is classified as what type of disease? (transmitted how?)
What is zoonotic or vector born
500
A 25-year-old pregnant female with genital lesions delivered a premature newborn with complications. The baby tested negative for bacterial infection (cultures of blood and urine). Antigen testing of the baby's urine proved negative for group B streptococci and S. pneumoniae. The mother tested negative for bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and for group B streptococci. The baby was treated with acyclovir but failed to survive. What was the most likely cause of death?
what is herpes simplex virus
500
A 69-year-old male patient who was a cigarette smoker visited the doctor's office complaining of a cough and congestion of the lungs. The patient has a history of cystic fibrosis and has been on corticosteroids for several weeks. Routine cultures of early morning sputum for bacteria and AFB revealed no pathogens. A fungal culture grew the following on Sabouraud dextrose agar after 3 days:
Hyphae = Septate with dichotomous branching
Spores = Produced by conidial heads with numerous conidia
Colonies = Velvety or powdery, white at first, then turning dark greenish to gray (reverse = white to tan) Vesicle = Holding phialides usually on upper two-thirds only. The stain showed the following.
what is Aspergillus?
500
Name the visceral form of leishmaniasis.
What is kala-azar
500
This is a common parasite of humans and pigs in southeast Asia. This parasite is one of the largest trematodes to infect man. Chronic inflammation leads to inflammation, ulceration, and hemorrhage of the small intestine.
What is Fasciolopskis buski