7-65.    An important aspect of syphilis control is the identification and interview of patient contacts. FOr a patient diagnosed with secondary syphillis, which of the following should  be  interviewed? 1. Contacts for only the last 3 months 2. Contacts for only the last 6 months 3. Contacts for the past year 4. All members of the immediate family 7-66. An MS aboard your ship has a confirmed case of shigellosis following a port call in Kenya. Your course of action should be all of the following EXCEPT 1. isolate the patient from food handling 2. obtain  stool  samples  on  all other  food  handlers 3. begin intravenous fluid administration 4. immediately MEDEVAC the patient 7-67.  Significant  infection  caused  by group A streptococcus include all of the following EXCEPT 1. scarlet  fever 2. erysipelas 3. impetigo 4. furuncles  and  carbuncles 7-68. Although a sore throat caused by group A streptococcus may spontaneously resolve, without proper  treatment,  serious complication  may  develop  that may  include 1. rheumatic heart disease 2. tetanus 3. hepatitis of decreased liver function 4. meningitis 7-69. Tetanus is highly communicable from man to man. 1. True 2. False 7-70.   A person with a PPD reaction of 7-71 7-72 7-73 10 mm or more induration 1. must be isolated from the general  population  until treatment  is  complete 2. will probably develop tuberculosis  within  a  year 3. must be placed on a 1 year regimen of antituberculosir medication  with  periodic evaluation 4. must  have  an  annual  chest x-ray Typhoid fever is primarily transmitted  by 1. biting  insects 2. exudate  from  open  cuts  and sorer 3. chlorinated  water 4. improper  food  handling techniques Typhus fever is normally transmitted  by 1. infected   mosquitoes 2. infected  lice 3. airborne  virus 4. ingestion The Marine Corps unit you are assigned to is deployed to Honduras, neae the border with Nicaragua, for a training mission in jungle survival and warfare.  Four  days  after  making camp, your company Gunnery Sergeant  complains  of  being feverish, nauseous, and having a headache  and  backache.  The  next day, your senior platoon sergeant reports with the same systoms.  Examination  reveals that  both  patients  have  a  fever and  are  slightly  jaundiced.  You should seriously consider which of  the  following  diseases? 1. Tularemia 2. Filariasis 3. Yellow  fever 4. Malaria 46