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21 Cards in this Set
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What is the most common biological warfare threat on our troops in an AO?
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Anthrax
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Where does grazing animals contract spores from?
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Vegetation
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Humans contract spores via contact with infected animals....
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Hides, Wool; ingesting contaminated meat; or from inhaling spores.
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Cutaneous Anthrax accounts for what percentage of all anthrax cases worldwide?
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90%
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How does Bacillus Anthracis spores entered into the skin?
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Small cuts/ abrasion or in apparent skin lesions
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What are features of Cutaneous Anthrax?
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Painless necrotic ulcer with a black eschar and local edema
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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
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Prevention may be accomplished by immunization plus Chemo prophylaxis
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How many doses of the Anthrax vaccines is given for a person to be immunized?
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6 doses
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What are the intervals is the anthrax vaccines are given?
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0, 2, 4 weeks and 6, 12, 18 months with annual boosting.
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What is the minimum amount of doses within 6 months prior to the exposure may confer protective immunity?
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3 doses
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What is the treatment for personnel exposed to aerosolized anthrax?
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Ciproflexacin Hydrochloride Tablets (500mg)
Orally, every 12 hrs for 60 days |
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What antibiotic is given in place of Ciproflexacin Hydrochloride Tablets to treat exposure to aerosolized?
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Doxycycline Tablets (100mg), every 12 hrs for 60 days
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What is the incubation period for Anthrax?
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Hours to 7 days (most cases present within 48 hours post-exposure).
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What are Inhalation Anthrax symptoms?
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Nonspecific symptoms of fever, Malaise, and fatigue. A non- productive cough and vague chest discomfort may be present.
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Plague, E trilogies agent: Years in is Pestis (Y. Pestis) ?
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Gram - negative bacillus of the family Enterobacteriaceae
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What types of rodents can transmit plague to humans?
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Domestic Cats
Wild Carnivores |
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In endemic or epidemic plague can transmit via infected fleas from.....
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rodent to human, dog or cat to human or person to person.
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When is respiratory transmission enhanced?
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During humid climates
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How else can plague be transmitted?
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Via cat bites or scratches
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Bubonic Plague
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Acute onset of fever and prostration in association with acute, painful lymphadentitis in the lymph node group draining the site of the flea bite.
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What is the Bubonic Plague process?
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Progresses with bacteremia, resulting in metastatic infection, septic shock, and thrombosis of small arteries resulting in digital gangrene.
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