The hospital has instructed its nurses that they must participate in disease surveillance associated with infectious agents. The nurses are warned that which of the following diseases are likely to be the weapons of terrorists?
1. Severe acute respiratorysyndrome (SARS)
2. Plague,anthrax,smallpox
3. Rubella,mumps,chicken pox
4. Rocky Mountain spotted fever,Lymedisease
Answer:2
Rationale:Plague,anthrax,and smallpox are choices of terrorists because they are highly contagious,lethal diseases that may kill large numbers of people in a relatively short time.SARS is a rare infectious disease.Rubella,mumps,and chicken pox are childhood communicable diseases that are not usually fatal. Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease are caused by ticks endemic to wooded areas.
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