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

THE MISSION

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QUESTION 1/6

True

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

False

QUESTION 2/6

True

Helminth infections are often fatal

False

QUESTION 3/6

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

False

QUESTION 4/6

True

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

False

QUESTION 5/6

True

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

False

QUESTION 6/6

True

Zika virus is only a concern for pregnant women

False

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QUESTION 1/6

Microbes infect vector prior to transmission

Which of the following is true about biological transmission?

Microbes do not multiply within vector

Flies and feces are example of biological transmission

QUESTION 2/6

A treatment for pathogenic infection

What is a vector?

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

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

QUESTION 3/6

increase in host susceptibility

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

decrease in pathogen virulence

geographical expansion of virus

QUESTION 4/6

A disease transmissible under natural conditions from animals to humans

What is a Zoonotic infection?

A diseases only non-human animals possess

A disease only spread in zoos

QUESTION 5/6

Transmission period

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

Infectious period

Disease period

QUESTION 6/6

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

What is a pandemic?

A constant presence in a certain population or region

A sudden increase in cases across a large population

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QUESTION 1/6

transmission - exposure - infection - epidemic spread

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

exposure - infection - transmission - epidemic spread

exposure - transmission - infection - epidemic sprea

QUESTION 2/6

Incidence

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

Prevalence

Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYS)

QUESTION 3/6

Environmental health with a disease focus

Which is the best definition of the One Health model?

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

Animal health and people health

QUESTION 4/6

They have a high mortality rate

Why are NTDs considered "neglected"?

These diseases impact the poorest populations

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

QUESTION 5/6

Covid-19

Which illness has the highest reproductive rate?

Influenza

Measels

QUESTION 6/6

Lyme Disease

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

Mad Cow Disease

Malaria

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QUESTION 1/3

Zika virus

Nipah virus

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

Rabies

Chagas disease

QUESTION 2/3

R>1

R=1

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

R<1

R2-D2

QUESTION 3/3

Cat influenza

Toxoplasmosis

Cats are a natural host of which of these diseases?

Chagas disease

TB

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QUESTION 1/3

Measles

Zika virus

Which of the following is NOT a novel virus?

Ebola

HIV

QUESTION 2/3

NTDs cause poverty

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

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

Poverty causes NTDs

None of the above are accurate

QUESTION 3/3

They have a high mortality rate

They are rare

Which is a common issue among helminthic diseases?

They can cause nutritional issues

They are mostly found in older people

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