What BSL would an airborne pathogen that causes potentially deadly, but treatable, disease be placed into? Explain your answer.

A(n) _______________________ groups the study populations by exposure versus nonexposure to a certain risk factor to see if either group develops the outcome in question.

a. experimental study

b. case report

c. cross-sectional study

d. correlation study

e. observational study

What is a reservoir, and why can C. difficile use a fomite as an effective environmental reservoir?

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What precautions or actions would apply to an HIV/AIDS patient? Select all that apply. (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. Droplet precautions

b. Standard precautions

c. BSL-4 precautions

d. Universal precautions

e. AFB precautions

f. Isolation practices

Select the true statements about SARS-CoV-2. (Select all that apply.) (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. It causes COVID-19.

b. It is vaccine preventable.

c. The FDA has approved hydroxychloroquine to treat infections with this virus.

d. It is considered a zoonotic infection.

e. It causes a form of viral pneumonia.

Which of the following would you expect for a SARS-CoV-2 variant that is classified as a variant of interest? (Select all that apply.) (NCLEX/HESI/TEAS)

a. The isolated virus is genetically unique as compared to earlier circulating versions of SARS-CoV-2.

b. There is evidence that the variant completely evades vaccine-induced immunity.

c. The variant is broadly detectable with current diagnostic tools.

d. The variant can cause viral pneumonia.

e. Infections caused by the variant are not treatable with existing approved drug therapies.

Which lesion/rash is mismatched with the disease?

a. Ulcer – inflammatory acne

b. Honey-colored crusted lesion – impetigo

c. Papule rash – wart

d. Maculopapular rash – measles

e. Vesicular rash – chickenpox

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