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| This viral disease of the digestive system targets the parotid glands (saliva glands) and is transmitted RT: |
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| Mumps has an incubation period of __ to __ days and symptoms are fever, swelling of the parotid glands and inflammation |
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| Mumps is a viremia and __ to __ of cases cause orchitis (inflammation of the testicles) but sterility is rare |
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| The vaccine for Mumps is __ |
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| This viral disease of the digestive system that is transmitted fecal/oral, contaminated food and water and uncooked, contaminated shellfish: |
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| The incubation period for Hepatitis A (HAV) is __ to __ weeks and diagnosis is the detection of IgM |
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| Hepatitis A (HAV) takes 4-6 weeks to recover from and __ is the first antibody to respond to the disease |
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| Treatment of Hepatitis A (HAV) is __ if exposed and a vaccine as a preventative |
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| This viral disease of the digestive system that is transmitted from STD, found in blood, contaminated syringes, semen, breast milk, sweat and saliva: |
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| Hepatitis B (HBV) is similar to HAV but can lead to severe __ damage and cancer |
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| The diagnosis of Hepatitis B (HBV) is to serum for __ antibodies |
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| There are 400 million carriers of Hepatitis B (HBV) worldwide and there is a __ vaccine available for high risk groups and children |
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| The incubation period for Hepatitis B (HBV) is __ to __ weeks |
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| This viral disease of the digestive system is considered a silent epidemic in the U.S. and it can take 20+ years for symptoms to appear: |
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| Hepatitis C (HCV) is transmitted by blood, IV drug use and __ of patients beome carriers and develop chronic hepatitis, liver cancer or cirrhosis |
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| Hepatitis C is the leading cause of __ transplants in the U.S. |
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| To diagnose Hepatitis C (HCV), a serum test for HCV antibodies is conducted and there is no __ |
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| Treatment of Hepatitis C (HCV) is __ and __ but they are expensive and there are side effects |
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| This viral disease of the digestive system is a co-infection with HBV and is the most virulent of the hepatitis types: |
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| Hepatitis D (Delta since 1977) |
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| Hepatitis D has a __ mortality rate and causes severe liver damage |
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| This viral disease of the digestive system was an endemic in India/Asia in the 1990's: |
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| Hepatitis E is similar to HAV, has fecal/oral transmission and there is a __ mortality rate in pregnant women |
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| 90% of all stomach viruses are due to these two viruses: |
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- Rotavirus
- Norovirus or Norwalk virus
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| This is a stomach virus that is very common in small children with 3 million cases per year in the United States: |
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| More than __ of children in the U.S. are infected with the Rotovirus by the age of 3: |
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| The Rotovirus lasts __ to __ days and the symptoms are a low grade fever, diarrhea and vomiting |
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| Diagnosis of Rotavirus is through __ in feces and the treatment is rehydration |
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| There is a vaccine for Rotavirus given at __, __ and __ months of age |
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| There are more than 20 million cases of this in the U.S. per year and it is transmitted fecal/oral: |
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| Norovirus or Norwalk virus |
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| Control of outbreaks of Norovirus are difficult because the virus can live on surfaces for up to __ weeks |
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| The incubation period for Norovirus is __ to __ hours and the infective dose is as little as 10 viruses |
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| Symptoms of the Norovirus include __ to __ days of vomiting or diarrhea and the symptoms are milder than Rotavirus |
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| 50% of middle-aged Amerians show evidence of Norovirus by the presence of serum antibodies and the treatment is __ |
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