Featured article Quiz #2: "is contaminated groundwater an important cause of viral gastroenteritis in the United States?". (JEH Quiz).

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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.

a. true

b. false

3. When human sewage is discharged into waterways that serve as sources of domestic drinking water, 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 do not result in illness.

a. true

b. false

7. Coliform bacteria 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 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 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 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