CIPHI BOC Study Exam Questions and

CIPHI BOC Study Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Hepatitis A - Incubation period - Correct Answers ✅15-50 days Usually 28-30 days Hepatitis A - Symptoms - Correct Answers ✅loss of appetite, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, malaise and yellow skin (jaundice) Hepatitis A - transmission - Correct Answers ✅fecal-oral route

Infective: up to 2 weeks before onset to 1 week post-

jaundice.Humans are reservoir.Hepatitis A - suspect foods - Correct Answers ✅Ice, shellfish contaminated with sewage.Hepatitis A - exclusion criteria - Correct Answers ✅14 days if no jaundice. 7 days after jaundice onset.Life-long immunity following recovery.Last 2 - 6 months.Norovirus - incubation period - Correct Answers ✅24-48 hours 1 / 4

CIPHI BOC Study Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Norovirus - symptoms - Correct Answers ✅Sudden onset, watery diarrhea, vomiting, cramp, nausea, low fever.Norovirus - transmission - Correct Answers ✅Very contagious. Low infective dose. Fecal-oral. Person-Person.Humans only reservoir.Norovirus - most at risk - Correct Answers ✅o Children

• Older Adults
• Those with weakened immune systems.
• These higher risk groups are more likely to experience

dehydration as a result of severe vomiting and diarrhea Salmonellosis types - Correct Answers ✅S. enteritis

• typhimurium

Salmonellosis incubation - Correct Answers ✅6-72 hours Usually 12-36 hours Salmonellosis symptoms - Correct Answers ✅Sudden onset, cramp, diarrhea, nausea, headache, possible vomit.Salmonellosis transmission - Correct Answers ✅Bacterial.Usually contaminated food, raw bean sprouts. Human and animal reservoir. Pet contact. 2 / 4

CIPHI BOC Study Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Salmonellosis suspect foods - Correct Answers ✅Raw egg, unpasteurized milk, unwashed fruit/veg. Raw meat.Shigellosis IP - Correct Answers ✅12-96 hours (usually 1-3 days) Shigellosis symptoms - Correct Answers ✅Diarrhea, fever, cramp. Nausea.Possible bloody diarrhea.May cause HUS in kids.Shigellosis transmission - Correct Answers ✅Bacterial.Fecal-oral. Sexual contact Humans only reservoir.Possibly via mechanical vectors (flies, cockroaches) Low infectious dose.Shigellosis suspect foods - Correct Answers ✅Shigella is not naturally present on foods, but can contaminate food through cross contamination during handling, or from exposure to polluted water Food is most often contaminated with Shigella from water polluted by human sewage. 3 / 4

CIPHI BOC Study Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) IP - 1-90 days (usually 3-70 days) Symptoms - Most cases asymptomatic. Fever, headache.<5% vomit & diarrhea.

Transmission: Environmental bacteria. Gets in raw product

(between cooking & packaging) & spreads via cross- contamination.** Psychrotroph. Hardy.

Suspect Foods: Soft cheeses, deli meats, hot dogs, ready to

eat meats, unpasteurized milk.Concern for pregnant women - Correct Answers ✅Listeriosis

• monocytogenes

IP - 0.5-6 hours Symptoms - Nausea, vomiting, rarely fever and diarrhea Transmission - Bacterial. Grows and produces heat stable enterotoxin in food.Suspect foods - Cooked rice left at room temperature - Correct Answers ✅Bacillus Cereus (emetic) IP - 4-96 hours (usually 12-24) Symptoms - Severe cramp, watery diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, headache, fever.Transmission - Bacterial. Marine organism. More wound infections than FBI.

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