A Person Has Returned from Overseas and It Is Determined

question 6

Multiple Choice

A person has returned from overseas and it is determined that he has Q fever.Which of the following must occur?

• A) This is not a disease that is on the notifiable list; nothing need be reported.
• B) The case must be reported to the state and local health departments.
• C) The patient must be isolated immediately.
• D) The patient will probably die, so it is not reportable.

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Definitions:

Hammond Postulate

A principle stating that the transition state of a chemical reaction resembles the structure of the closest stable species: the reactants for endothermic steps and the products for exothermic steps.

Free Radical Chlorine

A highly reactive species of chlorine that carries an unpaired electron, often involved in radical reactions.

Methane

A simple hydrocarbon with the formula CH4, representing the simplest alkane and a primary component of natural gas.

Regiochemistry

The study of the principles guiding the direction or position that new bonds form in a molecule during a chemical reaction.