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HSV CDC TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
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HSV CDC TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIEDANSWERS
1. Genital herpes can be either a chronic bacterial infection or a chronic viral
infection.
c. A temporary infection produced by a protozoal parasite.
d. A temporary viral illness - ANSWER. b. A chronic, lifelong viral infection.
2. The majority of vaginal and perirectal recurrent herpes outbreaks in the United
States are
Caused by HSV-1.
a. True.
Answer: b. False.
3. Which of the following assertions is correct regarding the prevalence and
incidence of
HSV-2?
a. Approximately 50 million people in the United States have genital HSV
infection.
b. The vast majority of HSV-2 infections go undiagnosed.
c. In the overall U.S. population, 17% of individuals aged 14 to 49 have
HSV-2 antibodies.
d. All of the above - ANSWER. d. All of the aforementioned.
, 4. Which of the following is true about HSV transmission?
a. The usual incubation period is ten days.
b. The probability of transmission does not change with greater duration of
infection.
c. HSV is easily inactivated with drying, soap, and water.
d. The majority of sexual transmission happens when the source contact case is
symptomatic. - ANSWER c. HSV is easily inactivated with drying, soap, and
water.
5. In the majority of sexual transmissions of genital HSV, the source case
Asymptomatic at the time of transmission.
a. True.
b. False, ANSWER a. True
6. Sexual transmission of genital herpes is less efficient.
a. Women to men.
c. Men to women.
c. The transmission efficiency is equal between men and women.
To men. - ANSWER a. Women to males.
7. Up to __% of people who test positive for HSV-2 antibodies have no clinical
history of
Anogenital herpes outbreaks.
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