Question

In April 1990, the El Paso County (Colorado) Health Department recognized an outbreak of drug-resistant gonorrhea in Colorado Springs. 56 cases of penicillin- resistant Neisseria gonorrheae occurred from December 1989 through March 1991. To gather information about the outbreak, 410 persons related through a densely connected set of social or sexual associations were interviewed. What can public health workers tell individuals in this network to stop the spread of Gonorrhea in this population?

a) Preventive treatment with penicillin will prevent Gonorrhea infection in individuals not already infected.
b) Only individuals with symptoms should seek medical screening since all cases of Gonorrhea are associated with symptoms.
c) Condoms will not prevent the spread of Gonorrhea. Gonorrhea can spread from an infected mother to a fetus.
d) Gonorrhea is more prevalent in individuals 24 years and older.

Answer 1

c) Condoms will not prevent the spread of Gonorrhea. Gonorrhea can spread from an infected mother to a fetus.

Step-by-step explanation:

To prevent the spread of infection, it is important that healthcare professionals inform people about ways to protect themselves against infection. In addition, it is important that health professionals inform the dangers that this infection can cause, such as symptoms and rapid transmission, which can even happen from mother to fetus. On how to protect themselves, health professionals can say that the use of condoms is the most efficient form of protection.