Initial symptoms of Meningitis can include:
a. Fever and severe headache.
b. Stiffness of the neck and shoulders.
c. Unresponsiveness.
d. All of the above.
Question 2...Other viral infections represented by TORCH:
a. Include those that are common childhood illnesses like chickenpox and mumps.
b. Effect only adults who contract them.
c. Usually result in death.
d. All of the above.
Question 3...HIV is transmitted to infants in the following way:
a. IV drug use
b. Transplacentally
c. Breast milk
d. A and B only
e. B and C only
Question 4...Children infected with HIV display a range of degree of illness. What symptoms are common for these infected infants?
a. Failure to thrive
b. Hydrocephaly
c. Absence of digits
d. All of the above
Question 5...Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is often transmitted to the fetus during maternal infection. What characteristics are true of these infected infants?
a. A large number of infected infants become chronic carriers of HBV.
b. Many children will be born without symptoms but may be carriers and symptoms appear later
c. 25 of infected babies die from complications of the virus by young adulthood.
d. All of the above.
Question 6...Fetal infection with syphilis is devastating. Which of the following is NOT true?
a. 40 of pregnancies affected with maternal syphilis result in fetal death.
b. Only 50 of surviving infants will be symptomatic at birth.
c. Infection results from poor personal hygiene, poor sanitation, and overcrowding.
d. Fetal effects include visual and hearing impairments, jaundice, and nonimmune hydrops.
Question 7...Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease,
a. But can be acquired by contact with infectious lesions on the mouth, skin or mucous membranes.
b. Which causes development of a chancre that is painless but highly infectious.
c. Which may be appropriately treated with penicillin.
d. All of the above.
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