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ESCAPE The Base GAME

Module 3 (NTDs, Vector and Zoonotic Infections, & EIDs

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QUESTION 1/6

False

True

Zoonotic diseases can be caused by several different types of pathogenic microbes

QUESTION 2/6

False

True

Helminth infections are often fatal

QUESTION 3/6

False

True

Malaria in the United States is primarily spread by travelers who have been infected abroad, and the disease can be transmitted by local mosquitoes after an infected traveler is bitten

QUESTION 4/6

False

True

Category B pathogens are biological agents that pose the highest risk to nation security and public health

QUESTION 5/6

False

True

Access to clean water is a common issue in neglected tropical diseases, vector-borne diseases, and zoonotic diseases?

QUESTION 6/6

False

True

Zika virus is only a concern for pregnant women

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QUESTION 1/6

Which of the following is true about biological transmission?

Flies and feces are example of biological transmission

Microbes do not multiply within vector

Microbes infect vector prior to transmission

QUESTION 2/6

What is a vector?

An object that carries and transmits an infectious agent into another organism

An organism that carries and transmits an infectious agent into another organism

A treatment for pathogenic infection

QUESTION 3/6

What is NOT a part of the definition of emergence as it relates to infectious disease?

geographical expansion of virus

decrease in pathogen virulence

increase in host susceptibility

QUESTION 4/6

What is a Zoonotic infection?

A disease only spread in zoos

A diseases only non-human animals possess

A disease transmissible under natural conditions from animals to humans

QUESTION 5/6

The time during which someone who is infected with a pathogen can transmit the pathogen to other people is called:

Disease period

Infectious period

Transmission period

QUESTION 6/6

What is a pandemic?

A sudden increase in cases across a large population

A constant presence in a certain population or region

A sudden increase in cases spreading countries, continents, or the world

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QUESTION 1/6

Which of the following is the correct order of the levels of the pathogen pyramid?

exposure - transmission - infection - epidemic sprea

exposure - infection - transmission - epidemic spread

transmission - exposure - infection - epidemic spread

QUESTION 2/6

What is the best measure of the overall societal impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases?

Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYS)

Prevalence

Incidence

QUESTION 3/6

Which is the best definition of the One Health model?

Animal health and people health

The intersection of people, animals, insects, and the environment

Environmental health with a disease focus

QUESTION 4/6

Why are NTDs considered "neglected"?

The diseases don't require large-scale, structural solutions

These diseases impact the poorest populations

They have a high mortality rate

QUESTION 5/6

Which illness has the highest reproductive rate?

Measels

Influenza

Covid-19

QUESTION 6/6

Which of the following is NOT a vector-borne disease?

Malaria

Mad Cow Disease

Lyme Disease

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QUESTION 1/3

Which of the following are spread by "kissing bugs"?

Chagas disease

Rabies

Nipah virus

Zika virus

QUESTION 2/3

A pathogen with which reproductive rate is most likely to lead to a pandemic?

R2-D2

R<1

R=1

R>1

QUESTION 3/3

Cats are a natural host of which of these diseases?

TB

Chagas disease

Toxoplasmosis

Cat influenza

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QUESTION 1/3

Which of the following is NOT a novel virus?

HIV

Ebola

Zika virus

Measles

QUESTION 2/3

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

None of the above are accurate

Poverty causes NTDs

Poverty and NTDs have a cyclical relationship in which they lead to each other

NTDs cause poverty

QUESTION 3/3

Which is a common issue among helminthic diseases?

They are mostly found in older people

They can cause nutritional issues

They are rare

They have a high mortality rate

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