March - Mid year exam.                                         Cairo University

4^th year                                                                  Faculty of Medicine

Time allowed 2 hours                                             27-03-2003

Community Medicine

Answer the following questions:

1.       Discuss the role of passive acquired (passive natural specific) immunity in prevention of infectious diseases          (5 Marks)

2.       What are the types of herpes viruses? Discuss the mode of transmission and prevention of one of them          (5 Marks)

3.       Discuss the epidemiology of bacterial gastro-enteritis; what are the preventive measures?                                        (7 Marks)

4.       What are the international measures followed in prevention of Yellow fever?                                                 (3 Marks)

Practical question:

Describe and comment on the different control and preventive measures present in the Embaba fever hospital you visited.

                                                           Good Luck

May exam.                                                            Cairo University

Time allowed 1 hours                                             Faculty of Medicine

                                                                             15-05-2003

Community Medicine

All questions to be answered:

1.     Discuss the role of carriers in endemicity of enteric fever

(5 marks)

2.     Discuss live attenuated vaccines in prevention of droplet infections diseases                                                   (7 Marks)

3.     Give an account on etiology and prevention of:

a. Food borne parasite              (4 Marks)

b. Cholera                                (4 Marks)

Practical question (extra 1/2 hour)

Write a report about your visit to Embaba fever hospital covering the following items:

i.                    Hospital site relative to served population.

ii.                  External and internal hospital environment.

iii.                Available control measures and your comment.

iv.               Different disease entity you have a chance to observe.

                                                              Good Luck

September exam.                                                   Cairo University

Time allowed 2 hours                                             Faculty of Medicine

                                                                             16-09-2003

Community Medicine

Answer the following questions

Discuss the following

1.     Carriers as a source of infection importance, classification, types-give examples                                                      (8 Marks)

2.     Mode of transmission, diseases produced and prevention of adenoviruses                                                     (8 marks)

3.     Epidemiological differences between viral A and Viral B hepatitis

(12 Marks)

4.     Mode of transmission and specific prevention of:

·        Tetanus                 (8)

·        Pneumonia            (6)

·        Plague                   (8)

(22 Marks)

                                                            Good Luck

Mid - year exam.                                                    Cairo University

5^th year                                                                  Faculty of Medicine

Time allowed 1 hour                                              30-10-2002

Community Medicine

Answer the following questions:

1.      Discuss the nutritional deficiency anemias-Precipitating factors and prevention.                                                       (7 Marks)

2.      What are the risk factors and preventive measures of Osteoporosis

(5 Marks)

3.      Discuss the risk factors and preventive measures in Coronary Heart Diseases                                                          (6 Marks)

4.      Comment on:

i.                    Rate of Natural increase of population      (2 Marks)

ii.                  Fertility indices                                       (5 Marks)

5.      Role of diet as a preventive measure in chronic diseases

(5 marks)

Practical question: please answer in a separate paper (1/2 hour)

·        What are the provided rural health services as you observed from your visit to rural health unit?

·        Discuss how these services can solve some of rural health problems

                                                       Good Luck