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1. Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection are at increased risk of developing fulminant hepatic failure following acute hepatitis A infection. 2. A 25-year-old male who recently returned from the Caribbean presenting with jaundice, elevated liver enzymes, and normal albumin and INR likely has acute hepatitis A infection as evidenced by a positive anti-HAV IgM test. 3. One incorrect statement about hepatitis viruses is that chronic carriage of HBV is much higher than the rate of chronic carriage of HCV. The other statements are correct.

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MCQs On Epidemiology

1. Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection are at increased risk of developing fulminant hepatic failure following acute hepatitis A infection. 2. A 25-year-old male who recently returned from the Caribbean presenting with jaundice, elevated liver enzymes, and normal albumin and INR likely has acute hepatitis A infection as evidenced by a positive anti-HAV IgM test. 3. One incorrect statement about hepatitis viruses is that chronic carriage of HBV is much higher than the rate of chronic carriage of HCV. The other statements are correct.

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1.

Which of the following patients are at increased risk to develop fulminant hepatic failure
following acute hepatitis A infection:

a. Women during pregnancy


b. Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection
c. Exposure to hepatitis A during infancy
d. Patients with chronic renal failure
e. Patients with previous exposure to HBV who developed anti-HB surface.
The recommended response is B.
2. A 25 year old male presents after 1 week of progressive fatigue followed by 2 days of jaundice.
Laboratory studies demonstrate serum ALT 225 IU/l, ALP of 330 IU/l and bilirubin of 5.2 mg/dl
with normal albumin and INR. A liver ultrasound was normal. He recently returned from a one
week vacation in the Carribean. A positive value for which of the following tests most likely
explains this situation?

a. anti-HAV IgM
b. Anti-HB surface
c. anti-HCV
d. anti-HDV
e. anti-HEV
The recommended response is A.

3. Which of the following statement about Hepatitis virus is not right?

a. Chronic carriage of HBV is much higher than the rate of chronic carriage of HCV
b, Hepatitis D Virus has only one serotype because HBsAg has only one serotype
c. Hepatitis E virus does not have carrier prolong carrier stage
d. Person immunized against HBV will not be infected by Hepatitis D Virus

The recommended response is A.

4. Which one of the following immunizations should be administered immediately after birth?

a. Diphtheria-pertusis-tetanus (DPT) vaccine


b. Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine
c. Hepatitis B vaccine
d. HIV Vaccine
e. Oral Polio virus
The recommended response is C

5. In a chronic carrier of hepatitis B virus (HBV), which positive test is most indicative of high
infectivity?

a. Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HbsAg)


b. Hepatitis B Core Antigen (HbcAg)
c. Hepatitis B e Antigen (HbeAg)
d. Anti-HBsAg
e. Anti-HBeAg
The recommended response is C
6. Which following disease is transmitted sexually:
a) granuloma inguinale
b) erythroplasia of queyrat
c) pearly papules of penis
d) lichen sclerosis
e) fordyce spots
7.

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