Quiz : MOSQUITO STORY

1. WHAT IS AEDES ? A

ANOTORIOUS CRIMINAL

B TYPE OF MOSQUITO

CDISEASE

D MOUNTAIN

2. DENGUE IS A DISEASE TRANSMITTED BY ______________

AMONKEY

BHUMAN

CFLY

D MOSQUITO

WHEN A MOSQUITO IS INFECTED BY THE _________, IT WILL SPREAD THE _________ THROUGH ITS

3. SALIVA WHEN IT BITESAVIRUS

BBACTERIA

CPROTOZOA

D FUNGI

THERE ARE ___________TYPES OF DENGUE VIRUSES, ALL OF WHICH ALL OF WHICH ARE SPREAD BY

4. MOSQUITO.

A 2B 3C 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.

Page 1 of 2WHITE BLOOD CELLS

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.ATrue

B False

10. DENGUE IS CAUSED BY THE BITE OF A FEMALE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO.

ATrue

B False (AEDES AEGYPTI)

11. THE AEDES MOSQUITO USUALLY ATTACKS DURING THE NIGHT.

ATrue

BFalse (DAWN AND DUSK)

RECOVERY FROM DENGUE INFECTION BY ONE PROVIDES LIFELONG IMMUNITY AGAINST ANY12. SEROTYPES.

ATrue

BFalse (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 TrueB 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.

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:

ANAUSEA

BSWOLLEN GLANDS

CMUSCLE 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:

ASEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN

BPERSISTENT VOMITING

CPAIN BEHIND THE EYES

D BLOOD IN VOMIT