Name: Sheldon Zhang

Candidate number: 00522932

Theme: Zoonoses

OPTION LIST

A	bartonella	I	Psitticosis
B	bovine tuberculosis	J	Q fever
C	brucellosis	K	rabies
D	cryptococcus	L	toxoplasmosis
E	lassa fever	M
F	leptospirosis	N
G	lyme borreliosis	O
H	plague	P

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

1. An incurable viral encephalitis with a prodromal phase caused by a Rhabdoviridae virus.

2. Treatment is with long courses of doxycycline and streptomycin, often first presenting with PUO.

3. Erythema migrans and a flu-like illness, treatment with antibiotics.

4. Transmitted by fleas, with a rodent natural reservoir.

5. An abattoir worker presents with sudden onset jaundice, fever and headaches. He says he has just recovered from flu 2 days ago.

ANSWERS

1. K

2. C

3. G

4. H

5. F