Question

choose the correct answer from 1-5 on each question

5. *__true or false____ Both the wood tick and the dog tick act as main vectors of this disease; therefore, the disease is most prevalent in warm months of the year.

6.   ______ In Lyme disease,
   1. 100% of those infected complain of / or notice the rash of erythema migrans.
   2. few of those infected ever progress past the first stage of the illness (despite receiving no antibacterial medication).
   3. passage of the infectious agent requires that the adult tick lay its eggs into the host animal.
   4. the human population is the only reservoir of this infectious agent.
   5. the heart, the nervous system, the skeletal system, and the psychological system can all be affected.

7. ______ Herpes Zoster (choose the incorrect answer)
   1. is considered a reactivation of the chickenpox virus.
   2. usually occurs a few months after the acute case of chickenpox.
   3. starts with pain in the distribution of one sensory nerve..
   4. Increases in incidence as one’s age increases.
   5. , after resolution of the rash, can leave the patient with chronic pain which is termed “post herpetic neuralgia”.

8. Mucous membrane involvement in rubeola produces _____________________________________, erythematous lesions on the buccal mucosa near the molar region. No other disease will present with this finding.

9. ______ Congenital rubella syndrome
   1. is a transient condition that causes no significant sequelae.
   2. can occur even if the mother has no exposure to rubella during pregnancy.
   3. results in surviving infants shedding the virus in throat secretions and urine for many months after birth.
   4. typically does not effect the infant.
   5. is classified as a zoonotic disease.

10. Candida albicans can
    1. cause a blood born condition termed fungemia.
    2. live harmlessly on the skin as normal microbiota.
    3. thrive in moist skin folds.
    4. invade into deep layers of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
    5. All of the above are correct.

Answer 1

Ans .(1) False

Lyme disease is a vector- borne disease. It is caused by spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. The vector for this disease is Deer ticks and Nymphal ticks.

Ans .(2) the heart, the nervous system, the skeletal system , and the psychological system can all be affected in lime disease.

Ans .(3) All answers are correct, regarding Herpes Zoster.

Ans .(4) Mucous membrane involvement in Rubeola produces Acute nasal discharge.

Ans .(5) Congenital rubeola syndrome typically does not effect infant.

All of the above are correct regarding Candida albicans.