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Rabies in Asia Foundation (RIA)-India chapter

World Rabies Day-2008Quiz on Rabies

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Rules of the round

• There are five rounds in this stage.

• There are 4 questions in each round, so that each team

gets 4 direct questions

• Only one answer that too first answer is considered.

• For correct answer you will get 10 marks.

• 10 seconds time will be given to answer.

• Based on the highest marks obtained the winner and

runner up teams will be declared.

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If there is a tie, there will be a buzzer round .The tied teams shall have an equal opportunity to participate in this round. The team which hits the buzzer first shall answer. If the answer is wrong the team loses

Quiz Master's decision will be final

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Direct question

♣ Time: 10 seconds/question

♣ Correct answer: 10 marks

♣ Wrong answer-zero & no negative marks

♣ The question will be passed to next team

♣ 5 seconds will be given to answer

♣ 5 marks will be awarded for right answer

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Team-A

Name the 2 WHO reference/ collaborating

centres for rabies and their locations in India.

ANSWER

NIMHANS, Bangalore and NICD, Delhi

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Team-B

What is the medium / liquid used to transport

brain samples to distant laboratories for rabies

diagnosis?

ANSWER

50 percent glycerin saline

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Team-C

What is the test recommended for estimating the

potency of rabies vaccines?

ANSWER

NIH test

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Team-D

What is the name of the latest victim of rabies who survived?

ANSWER

Jeanne Giese

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Reserve question

What is the next best alternative test to FAT for diagnosing rabies in animals and humans?

ANSWER

ELISA – RREID

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II. Pick the Chit and answer.

►Time: 10 seconds/question (This round starts with Team B)

►Chits 1-6 are written and the team is asked to chose one chit (each chit will have a combination of questions asked so far e.g. it could be direct questions, MCQs, guess the missing word/s).

► Correct answer: 10 marks► Wrong answer: zero ► No negative marks

►The question shall pass to the next team. ►5 Marks will be awarded for the right answer.

►If no team answers correctly the question shall pass to the audience. The person in the audience answering correctly will get one Cadbury’s chocolate.

Q-1

Name the programme for controlling the population

of stray dogs in cities in India.

ANSWER

ABC [Animal Birth Control] Programme

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Q-2

Name the Government of India body / organization

responsible for supervising the animal welfare

activities in India.

ANSWER

Animal Welfare Board of India [AWBI]

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Q-3Name the UN organization designated to oversee the health and welfare of the animals globally.

ANSWER

O I E [Organization International Epizootics, in French]

Q-4

Name the international veterinary organization which participated in the WHO Sponsored national multi-centric rabies survey in India.

ANSWER

Commonwealth Veterinary Association

Q-5

Where is the Indian Veterinary Research Institute [IVRI} situated?

ANSWER

IZZATNAGAR, UTTAR PRADESH

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III. Picture round.

♦Time: 10 seconds/question

♦ Correct answer: 10 marks

♦ Wrong answer: zero

♦ No negative marks

♦ The question will not be passed

♦ The question shall go to the audience. The person in the audience answering correctly will get one Cadbury’s chocolate.

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Q: Name this animal which is a reservoir of rabies

AnswerFox

Team C

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Q: Name this structure of rabies virus [as shown by the red arrow]

AnswerGlycoprotein Spikes

Team D

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Team A

Q: Which rabies vaccine is being injected?

AnswerNerve tissue vaccine/Semple vaccine/Sheep brain

vaccine (Any one)

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Team B

Q: Name the yellow particles seen inside the cells

AnswerRabies virus/Antigen

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Q: Name this animal which is a reservoir of rabies

AnswerMangoose

Reserve question

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IV. Rapid Fire Round

■Time: 60 Seconds (This round starts with Team D)

■ Each team shall answer a maximum of 6 direct questions in 60 seconds. ■ For each correct answer the team is awarded 5 marks.

■ No negative marks for wrong answer.

■ Slide projections containing question and answers will be at the end of each set.

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1. Which islands of India in the Arabian Sea which is free from rabies?

ANSWER

Lakshadweep

1st set question

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2. Name the prodromal symptom which can be considered as reasonably specific to rabies.

ANSWER

Pain or tingling at the site of bite

1st set question

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3. What is the dose of human rabies immunoglobulin?

ANSWER

20 IU per kg body weight

1st set question

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4. What is the recognized receptor for the rabies virus?

ANSWER

Acetyl choline receptor

1st set question

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5. What is the minimum recommended potency for vaccines meant for use in animals?

ANSWER

1 IU per dose

1st set question

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6. For ante mortem diagnosis of rabies in humans what sample is to be taken from the eyes?

ANSWER

Corneal smear / impression

1st set question

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2nd set question

1. Where in Karnataka the IDRV is implemented since last September?

ANSWER

Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya

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2. What is the most common site of animal bite reported in the Indian Rabies Survey?

ANSWER

Extremities / legs

2nd set question

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3. Name the 2 scientists from Karnataka who participated in the last WHO expert consultation on rabies held in Geneva, Switzerland in 2004.

ANSWER

Dr.S.N.Madhusudana, NIMHANS and Dr.M.K.Sudarshan, KIMS

2nd set question

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4. What is the stain used for demonstration of Negri bodies?

ANSWER

Seller’s stain

2nd set question

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5. Name the WHO collaborating / reference centre for rabies epidemiology in India.

ANSWER

National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi

2nd set question

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6. Where is Haffkine institute in India located?

ANSWER

Mumbai, Maharashtra

2nd set question

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3rd set question

1. The decision to form Association for Prevention and Control for Rabies in India [APCRI] was taken in which city?

ANSWER

Bangkok, Thailand

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2. Which consultative organization for medical statistics and social research participated in the WHO funded national multicentric rabies survey conducted in India?

ANSWER

Centre for Research in Health and Social Welfare Management, Bangalore

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3. In the WHO – APCRI survey, 2003 which rabies vaccine for humans was found to be available and used in the rabies free area of Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

ANSWER

Rabipur [PCEC] Vaccine

3rd set question

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4. Name the city where National Institute of Virology, is located?

ANSWER

Pune, Maharashtra

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5. Name the live rabies vaccine available for use in humans.

ANSWER

None

3rd set question

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6. Name the scientist from India who first reported the carrier state of rabies in a dog?

ANSWER

Veeraraghavan from Coonoor, Tamil Nadu

3rd set question

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4th set question

1. Where was the first conference of Rabies in Asia Foundation [RIACON 2007] held?

ANSWER

NIMHANS, Bangalore, India

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2. Name the chromatographically purified Vero cell rabies vaccine produced in India?

ANSWER

Indirab

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3. Which vaccine has an edge over other vaccines for use by intradermal route?

ANSWER

Rabipur

4th set question

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4. What is the common name for furious form of rabies in animals?

ANSWER

Mad dog syndrome

4th set question

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5. What is the name of the virus that is recovered from naturally occurring rabies cases?

ANSWER

Street Virus

4th set question

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6. The purified duck embryo rabies vaccine [ PDEV ] was originally manufactured in which country?

ANSWER

Switzerland

4th set question

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Reserve set question

1. Name the first equine rabies immunoglobulin to be produced and released by a private pharmaceutical in India?

ANSWER

Equirab

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2. Name the vaccine used in the study of “ KIMS regimen/ schedule” of Intradermal rabies vaccination. [IDRV]

ANSWER

Rabipur

Reserve set question

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3. Name the WHO recommended intramuscular regimen of vaccine administration for humans but not approved for use in India.

ANSWER

Zagreb or Abbreviated multi-site regimen

Reserve set question

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4. What is the name of the adsorbed [liquid form] human diploid cell rabies vaccine produced in India?

ANSWER

Rabivax

Reserve set question

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5. Name the WHO supported interactive and information mapping system for rabies.

ANSWER

Rabnet

Reserve set question

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6. What is the name of the person who coordinates the rabies work in World Health Organization, at Geneva, Switzerland?

ANSWER

F. – X. Meslin

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V. Buzzer Round

♠ Time: 10 seconds /question

♠ All the teams shall have an equal opportunity to participate in this round. There shall be five questions. The team which hits the buzzer first shall answer.

♠ Correct answer: 10 marks

♠ Wrong answer: minus 10 marks.

♠ If no team answers, the question shall pass to the audience. The person in the audience answering correctly will get one Cadbury’s chocolate.

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Name the doctor who was with Louis

Pasteur and Dr.Grancher while injecting

antirabies vaccine to Joseph Meister?

ANSWER

Dr.Vulpian

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The phenol inactivated nerve tissue vaccine was developed by whom in India?

ANSWER

Sir David Semple

3What is the absolute contraindication for

post exposure rabies prophylaxis?

ANSWER None

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What is the cell line used for producing

vaccine for animals?

ANSWER

BHK 21

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What is the active ingredient of the presently

available highly purified equine rabies

immunoglobulins?

ANSWER

FAB 2 fragments

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