MEDICINE MCQ
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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bites from insects / animals
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contaminated foods like chicken and beef
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contaminated objects like door knobs and desks
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indirect contact with an infected person
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Detailed explanation-1: -Malaria and Lyme disease were the largest vector-borne epidemics in recent US history. Malaria, a mosquito-borne disease with intense transmission, had higher morbidity and mortality, whereas Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are more persistent in the environment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Insects (mosquitoes, lice, fleas, bed bugs) and ticks are able to transmit a number of diseases caused by infectious agents: viruses(chikungunya virus, yellow fever, dengue fever, etc.), bacteria (Lyme disease, plague, etc.), parasites(malaria, sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, filariasis, etc.).
Detailed explanation-3: -Dengue, malaria and Chagas disease. Leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis and yellow fever. Chikungunya, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis and West Nile virus. These are 10 vector-borne diseases carried by mosquitoes, ticks, flies and other vectors that put one of every two people in the Americas at risk.
Detailed explanation-4: -Chikungunya. Dengue and severe dengue. Yellow fever. Zika virus. Malaria. Japanese encephalitis. Lymphatic filariasis. Leishmaniasis. More items •02-Mar-2020