59 - Incubation Period of Diseases ( according to 20th edition PARK )

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS :

1. Chicken pox = 14-16 days ( can range from 10-21 days )

2. Measles = 10 days for the appearance of fever from the day of infection and 14 days for the appearance of rash from the day of exposure to infection .

3. Rubella = 2-3 weeks ( average of 18 days )

4. Mumps = 2-3 weeks ( usually 18 days )

5. Influenza = 18-72 hours

6. Diptheria = 2-6 days

7. Whooping cough ( Pertussis ) = 7-14 days ( not more than 3 weeks )

8. Meningococcal meningitis = 3-4 days ( may vary from 2-10 days )

9. SARS = 2-7 days ( commonly 3-5 days )

10. Tuberculosis = 3-6 weeks from the time of exposure to positive tuberculin test appearance, but the actual incubation period may vary from weeks, months to years.

27 - AIIMS community medicine mcqs or social and preventive medicine mcqs ( spm or psm ) from all previous years AIIMS papers with answers - part 17

81q: incubation period of perutssis ?

answer 7-14 days.

82q: most crucial part of the TB control programme ?

a. contact tracing
b. BCG vaccination
c. treatment of sputum positive cases
d. treatment of x-ray positive cases

answer c . treatment of sputum positive cases .

83q: cyclopropogative transmission is seen in ?

a. malaria
b. plague
c. japanese encephalitis
d. dengue fever

answer a . malaria .

84q: most common cause of blindness in India is ?

a. glaucoma
b. trauma
c. cataract
d. vitamin A deficiency

answer c. cataract .

85q: who are not beneficiaries of the ICDS scheme ?

a. adolescent females
b. school going children
c. pregnant females
d. lactating males

answer b . school going children .