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theo

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The nurse is providing teaching to elementary students regarding vectors. What example will the nurse provide as an example of a vector?
 
  a. Child with measles giving it to his sister
  b. Tick whose bite causes Lyme disease
  c. Woman with syphilis infecting her partner
  d. Dog whose bite causes rabies

Question 2

The nurse is providing instruction to an anxious mother of a child with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. When discussing this diagnosis what information will the nurse relay about this disease?
 
  a. It is extremely contagious among humans.
  b. It is contracted from handling unvaccinated animals.
  c. It is a hemolytic B Streptococcus infection spread by droplet transmission.
  d. It is a serious disease contracted from the bite of a tick.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
A vector is a person or animal not sick with the disease harboring an organism that is contagious.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is contracted through the bite of a tick vector. It is not contagious among humans.


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