PATHOLOGY MCQ
PARASITIC DISEASES
Question
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Sandfly fever
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Typhus fever
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Scrub typhus fever
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a disease caused by a bacteria called Orientia tsutsugamushi. Scrub typhus is spread to people through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites). The most common symptoms of scrub typhus include fever, headache, body aches, and sometimes rash.
Detailed explanation-2: -Endemic typhus fever is not spread from person-to-person. Disease is spread by rat fleas infected with the bacteria that cause endemic typhus fever. Rat fleas become infected when they feed on the blood of a rat with endemic typhus fever.
Detailed explanation-3: -Endemic typhus Alternatively known as murine typhus, this type is caused by Rickettsia typhi and is carried by the rat flea or cat flea. Endemic typhus can be found worldwide.