Featured article Quiz #2: "is contaminated groundwater an important cause of viral gastroenteritis in the United States?". (JEH Quiz).Available to NEHA NEHA National Environmental Health Association NEHA National Executive Housekeepers Association NEHA Northern Estates Homeowners Association (Indianapolis, Indiana) members only, the JEH JEH Journal of Economic History Quiz, offered six times per calendar year through the Journal of Environmental Health, is a convenient tool for self-assessment and an easily-accessible means to accumulate continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). (CE) credits toward maintaining your NEHA credentials. It's a simple process.... 1. Read the featured article carefully 2. Select and circle the correct answer to each JEH Quiz question. 3. Mail your completed quiz to: JEH Quiz, National Environmental Health Association, 720 5. Colorado Blvd., Suite 970-S, Denver, CO 80246 Be Sure to include your name, address, and phone numbers on the form below. 4. The original exam is requested, but not required. Photocopies will be accepted. 5. One CE credit will be applied to your account with an effective date of October 1, 2002 (first day of issue). Please go online to check your continuing education account at www.neha.org. 6. You're on your way to earning CE hours! 1. Outside the human host, enteric viruses are dormant and remain infectious in soil and water. a. true b. false 2. The sites selected for studies that have found viruses in groundwater are representative of all groundwater sources in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . a. true b. false 3. When human sewage is discharged into waterways that serve as sources of domestic drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. , the detection of the same enteric viruses in the water supply and in humans is sufficient evidence to prove that the presence of the former caused the presence of the latter. a. true b. false 4. If enteric-virus detection tests are negative, it proves that no enteric viruses have been present. a. true b. false 5. If enteric-virus detection tests are positive, it proves that infectious viruses have been present. a. true b. false 6. Most enterovirus infections Enterovirus Infections Definition Enteroviruses are so named because they reproduce initially in the gastrointestinal tract after infection occurs. do not result in illness. a. true b. false 7. Coliform bacteria coliform bacteria Rod-shaped bacteria usually found in the intestinal tracts of animals, including humans. Coliform bacteria do not require but can use oxygen, and they do not form spores. They produce acid and gas from the fermentation of lactose sugar. serve as good indicators of fecal risks. a. true b. false 8. There are many different enteric viruses that infect humans. a. true b. false 9. Serological serological pertaining to or emanating from serology. serological test one involving examination of blood serum usually for antibody. surveys were essential for understanding the epidemiology of polioviruses. a. true b. false 1O. The large number of different human enteric viruses limits the vale of serology Serology The division of biological science concerned with antigen-antibody reactions in serum. It properly encompasses any of these reactions, but is often used in a limited sense to denote laboratory diagnostic tests, especially for syphilis. for studies of viral-gastroenteritis infections when the causal virus is unknown. a. true b. false 11. U.S. households introduce approximately one trillion gallons of sewage into the ground through onsite septic septic /sep·tic/ (sep´tik) pertaining to sepsis. sep·tic adj. 1. Of, relating to, having the nature of, or affected by sepsis. 2. systems. a. true b. false 12. Since enteric-virus infection usually results in disease, most large enteric-disease outbreaks will be detected by public-health officials. a. true b. false JEH Quiz #6 Answers May 2002 1. d 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. a 6. b 7. a 8. d 9. b 10. a 11. d 12. b 13. b 14. a 15. a |
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