I just took this quiz on rabies. It's quite interesting.
How many can you get right?
5. The rabies virus affects both wild and domestic animals, with the added risk that certain mammals are more contagious with the rabies virus than others. The animal that is less likely to transmit rabies to humans is the:
A. Bat.
B. Dog.
C. Fox.
D. Racoon.
E. Squirrel.
6. In African countries such as Ethiopia, in contrast to the United States, the most likely animal to transmit rabies to humans is the:
A. Bat.
B. Dog.
C. Fox.
D. Hyena.
E. Skunk.
7. The incubation period after exposure to a rabies-infected animal varies, but shorter incubation periods are more often seen in a(n):
A. Adult.
B. Bat aerosol exposure.
C. Face bite.
D. Finger bite.
E. Leg bite.
8. The best test to confirm a diagnosis of rabies earliest in a suspected human rabies case is a(n):
A. Cerebrospinal fluid rabies antibody test.
B. Computed tomography scan of the brain.
C. Direct fluorescent antibody test of the saliva for rabies-specific antigen.
D. Electroencephalogram.
E. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction test of the saliva for rabies antigen.
9. A 5-year-old boy is playing in his backyard when he encounters a raccoon, which bites him on his hand. The animal escapes, and the child is brought to the emergency department for treatment. The wound is cleaned with 20% soap and povidone-iodine solution. The best next course of action is to:
A. Administer one dose of human diploid rabies vaccine (HDVC) as soon as possible.
B. Administer one dose of rabies immune globulin (RIG) and HDVC in the buttocks while awaiting the pathology report on the raccoon's brain.
C. Administer RIG immediately in the deltoid and start the HDCV, giving it on days 0, 3, 7, 14, and 28.
D. Contact animal control to capture the raccoon for rabies examination and administer RIG and HDVC to the boy as soon as it is determined that the raccoon has rabies.
E. Infiltrate the wound with RIG and immediately start HDCV vaccine, giving it on days 0, 3, 7, 14, and 28.