Quiz about dengue

1. Quiz : MOSQUITO STORY
1. WHAT IS AEDES ? A
A NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL
B TYPE OF MOSQUITO
C DISEASE
D MOUNTAIN
2. DENGUE IS A DISEASE TRANSMITTED BY ______________
A MONKEY
B HUMAN
C FLY
D MOSQUITO
WHEN A MOSQUITO IS INFECTED BY THE _________, IT WILL SPREAD THE _________ THROUGH ITS
3. SALIVA WHEN IT BITES
A VIRUS
B BACTERIA
C PROTOZOA
D FUNGI
THERE ARE ___________TYPES OF DENGUE VIRUSES, ALL OF WHICH ALL OF WHICH ARE SPREAD BY
4. MOSQUITO.
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 5
5. DENGUE CAN ALSO BE TRANSMITTED FROM HUMAN TO HUMAN. FOR EXAMPLE, INFECTED
BLOOD USED IN A __________________ CAN CAUSE DENGUE.
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
6. WHEN A MOSQUITO IS INFECTED BY THE VIRUS, IT WILL SPREAD THE VIRUS THROUGH ITS
_____________ WHEN IT BITES.
SALIVA
7. THE VIRUS WILL CIRCULATE AROUND YOUR BODY AFTER INFECTION, ATTACKING
____________________ AND OTHER ANTIBODIES, WHICH WILL COMPROMISE YOUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
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WHITE BLOOD CELLS

2. LIKE ANY OTHER TYPE OF SYSTEMIC INFECTION, THE BODY WILL INCREASE ITS _______________ TO
8. KILL THE VIRUS.
TEMPERATURE
(IN DENGUE) BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASES AS BLOOD LEAVES THE BODY, EVENTUALLY LEADING TO
9. INTERNAL BLEEDING, SHOCK, AND DEATH.
A True
B False
10. DENGUE IS CAUSED BY THE BITE OF A FEMALE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO.
A True
B False (AEDES AEGYPTI)
11. THE AEDES MOSQUITO USUALLY ATTACKS DURING THE NIGHT.
A True
B False (DAWN AND DUSK)
RECOVERY FROM DENGUE INFECTION BY ONE PROVIDES LIFELONG IMMUNITY AGAINST ANY
12. SEROTYPES.
A True
B False (AGAINST ONE PARTICULAR STRAIN OF VIRUS)
13. FOGGING IS THE EFFECTIVE WAY TO KILL THE LARVAE.
A True
False
FOGGING IS ONLY EFFECTIVE IN DEALING WITH ADULT MOSQUITOES. A LARVICIDE
(ALTERNATIVELY LARVACIDE) IS AN INSECTICIDE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED AGAINST THE
LARVAL LIFE STAGE OF AN INSECT. THEIR MOST COMMON USE IS AGAINST MOSQUITOES.
14. THE DENGUE MOSQUITO LAY EGGS IN DITCHES, DRAINAGES, CANALS, WETLANDS, RIVERS OR LAKES.
A True
B False
-THE MOSQUITO AEDES AEGYPTI COMES IN THREE POLYTYPIC FORMS: DOMESTIC, SYLVAN,
AND PERIDOMESTIC.- THE DOMESTIC FORM BREEDS IN URBAN HABITAT, OFTEN AROUND OR
INSIDE HOUSES.
- THE SYLVAN FORM IS A MORE RURAL FORM, AND BREEDS IN TREE HOLES, GENERALLY IN
FORESTS.- THE PERIDOMESTIC FORM THRIVES IN ENVIRONMENTALLY MODIFIED AREAS SUCH
AS COCONUT GROVES AND FARMS
15. MALE MOSQUITOES BITE HUMANS.
A True
B False (ONLY FEMALE MOSQUITOES BITE)
16. PICK THE LIFE CYCLE OF A MOSQUITO IN THE CORRECT ORDER.
A FROM EGG TO PUPAE,LARVAE AND TO AN ADULT MOSQUITO.
B FROM EGG TO LARVAE, PUPAE AND TO AN ADULT MOSQUITO.

3. C FROM EGG TO PUPAE, LARVAE AND TO AN ADULT MOSQUITO.
17. AT EARLY STAGE, INDIVIDUALS SHOULD SUSPECT DENGUE WHEN A HIGH FEVER (40°C/ 104°F) IS
ACCOMPANIED BY THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS, EXCEPT:
A NAUSEA
B SWOLLEN GLANDS
C MUSCLE AND JOINT PAINS
D BLEEDING GUMS
18. AFTER THE FIRST SYMPTOMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DECREASE
IN TEMPERATURE (BELOW 38°C/100°F)THE POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE
THE FOLLOWING, EXCEPT:
A SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN
B PERSISTENT VOMITING
C PAIN BEHIND THE EYES
D BLOOD IN VOMIT