Ccdm Control Of Communicable Diseases In Man: Anthrax

Front 1

What nicknames exsist for anthrax?

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Woolsorters Disease & Ragpicker Disease

Front 2

What acute bacterial disease usually affect the skin, but may rarely involve the oropharynx, mediastinum or intestinal tract?

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Anthax

Front 3

What are the symptoms for cutaneous anthrax?

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Itching of exposed skin first, followed by lesions that become papular, then vesicular and in 2-6 days developes into depressed black eschar.

Front 4

True or false? Pain is usual when concerning anthrax, and is not due to oedema or secondary infection.

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False. Pain is unusual and if present, is due to secondary infection.

Front 5

What are the most common sites for anthrax infections?

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Hands, forearms, and head

Front 6

Anthrax has been confused with what disease?

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Human Orf

Front 7

Untreated anthrax can cause the fatality rate of ____ and ____% ?

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5 and 20

Front 8

Initial symptoms of inhalation anthrax are mild and nonspecific and may include?

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Fever, malasia and miod cough or chest pain.

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Acute symptoms of inhalation anthrax include?

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Respiratory distress, X-ray evidence of mediastinal widening.

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Fever and shock follow inhalation anthrax in ___ to ___ days, with death shortly thereafter.

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3 to 5 days

Front 11

Which type of anthrax is more rare, cutaneous, inhalation, or intestinal?

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Intestinal

Front 12

Anthrax cultures leave what color stain?

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Polychrome methylene (M'Fadyean)blue

Front 13

What is the causative agent for anthrax?

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Bacillus anthracis

Front 14

What are the characteristics of of bacillus anthracis?

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Gram-postive, encapsulated, spore forming, nonmotile rod

Front 15

True or false? The anthrax spores of B. anthracis are the infectious agent.

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True

Front 16

True or false? Vegetative B. anthracis frequently establishes disease.

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False! B. anthracis rarely establishes disease.

Front 17

True or false? Anthrax is primarily a disease of herbivores.

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True

Front 18

Anthrax primarily effects poeple in what type cultures and occupations?

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"1. People who work with animal hides & hair *like wool* (mainly goats)
2. People who work with bone and bone products.
3. Vegatarians, agriculture, wild life workers who handle infected animals.

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True or false? Person to person transmission is rare.

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True

Front 20

Articles of soil contaminated with anthrax may stay contaminated for how long?

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Several years

Front 21

Describe anthrax susceptibility info.

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Some evidence of inapparent (no signs or symptoms) infection amoung people in fequent contact with the infectious agent; second attacks can occur, but reports are rare.

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What some preventive measures for anthrax?

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"1. Immunize
2. Educate
3.Control Dust

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What is the treatment for cutaneous anthrax?

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"Penicillin for 5-7 days.
Tetracyclines, erythromycin and chloramphenicol are also effective

Front 24

What does the US military reccomend for the treatment of inhalation anthrax?

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parenteral ciprofloxacin or doxycycline (duration of treatment is not defined)

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Anyone who receives a treat about the dissemination of anthrax should notify who?

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Their local criminal investigative authority (for US call FBI).

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True or Flase? if someone has been exposed to anthrax they should be quarantined to prevent spreading of the disease.

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False! Anthrax is not contagious.

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what is the incubation period for anthrax?

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1 to 7 days, although incubation periods up to 60 days are possible. in the russian outbreak incubation periods lasted 43 days.

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Animals that have been treated for anthrax should not be used as food until how long after treatment?

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A few months

Front 29

Antibiotherapy sterilizes an anthrax skin lesion in how many hours?

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24

Front 30

What are acceptable methods of destruction for anthrax spores?

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Steam sterilization, autoclaving or burning

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Postexposure of immunization consist of ___ injections, starting as soon as possible after exposure and at ___ to ___ weeks after exposure.

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3 injections & 2 to 4 weeks after exposure

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The vaccine has not been evaluated for safety and efficacy in children under the age of ___ or in adults over the age of ___ or older.

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under the age of 18 and 60 or older.

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What is the proper PPE for anthrax?

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Splash protection, gloves and full face respirator with high-efficiency particle air (HEPA) filter (level C) or self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)(Level B)

Front 34

After, and only after soap and water decontamination what bleach to water ratio should be used to treat gross contamination and how long is the rinsing time afterwards?

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1:10 and 10 to 15 minutes

Front 35

All clothing and personal affects should be placed in a plastic bag and labeled how?

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With the owner's name, contact telephone number and inventory of contents.