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Jersey College
Microbiology Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| BACTERIA DYSENTERY | Any of various severe infections of the colon caused by microorganisms, especially of the genus Shigella, that result in abdominal cramping, fever, and passage of blood-stained stools or of material consisting of blood and mucus. (google) |
| E.COLI GASTROENTERITIS | THERE ARE 5 KNOWN FORMS |
| B.CEREUS | CAUSES FOOD POISONING. CAUSES BACILLIS INTOXICATION. PAGES 248 |
| ROTAVIRUS | THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN.Transmission: contaminated food or water, Prevention: vaccines are available,Treatment: primarily supportive care, fluid replacement. PAGE 250 |
| GIARDIA page 251 | Cause: the protozoan Giardia lamblia Transmission: contaminated water WATER BORN GI DISEASE.PRESENT IN DRINKING RECREATIONAL WATER.AKA G INTESTINALIS. Sx:malaise, nausea, weakness, weight loss, cramps, diarrhea Tx: metronidazole, furazolidone, tinidaz |
| TAENIASIS | HUMAN TAPEWORM INFECTION. NORMALLY ACQUIRED BY CONSUMING RAW OR UNDERCOOKED MEAT OF INFECTED ANIMALS. PAGE 253 |
| CHOLERA | Cat-B.cause: Vibrio cholerae, a gram(-)C urved rod-Transmission: ingestion of contaminated water/food. Sx: V/D(watery), muscle cramps.Prevention: appropriate water treatment and sanitation systems; Tx:aggressive rehydration and replacement of electrolytes |
| BOTULISM | CAUSED BY COLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINIUM |
| CYTOMEGALOVIRUS | (CMV)AKA-HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5, PAGE 268 |
| MALARIA | CAUSE-PROTOZOAN-19.M. VECTOR BORN INFECTIOUS DISEASE.CAUSED BY PROTOZOIN OF GENUS PLASMODIUM, TX- CHLOROQUINONE/DOXY PG 289 |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER | CAUSED BY RICKETTSIA RICKETSII, GRAM (-) BACTERIUM. TANSMITTED TO HUMANS BY TICKS.TX-TETRACYCLINE. PG 284 |
| TOXOPLASMOSIS | CAUSED BY A PROTOZOAN TOXOPLASMA GONDII. TX-CLINDINMYCIN/SULFAMETHOXAZOLE PAGES 290-292 |
| TULAREMIA | ORGANISM-FRANCISELLA TULARENIS. CAN BE TRANSMITTED BY A TICK. CAN BE USED AS A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON. |
| VECTOR | Animal's that are capable of transmiting pathogenic organism from host to host. Tx- Abx PG 283 |
| PLAGUE | INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY YERSINIA PESTIS, GRAM (-), ROD SHAPED BACTERIUM. ---NOT ZOONOTIC |
| PERITONITIS | an inflammation of the peritoneum, the thin tissue that lines the inner wall of the abdomen and covers most of the abdominal organs. (GOOGLE) |
| PERICARDITIS | Inflammation of the Pericardium |
| ENDOCARDITIS | SIGNS OF-FEVER/CHILLS,WEIGHT LOSS, MUSCLE ACHES.-----NOT LEG SWELLING |
| RHEUMATIC FEVER | INFLMMATORY DISEASE AND RARE CONDIRION DUE TO STREP THROAT. |
| URETHRITIS | INFECTION OF THE URETHRA |
| CYSTITIS | UTI OF THE URINARY BLADDER |
| PYELONEPHRITIS | UTI OF THE KIDNEYS |
| BACTERIURIA | THE PRESENCE OF BACTERIA IN THE URINE |
| BRIGHT'S DISEASE | (GLOMERULONEPHRITIS) INFLAMMATION AND DAMAGE TO THE GLOMERULI OF THE KIDNEYS. IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE THAT SOMETIMES FOLLOWS AN ORAL STREPTOCCAL OR VIRAL INFECTION. ANTIBODY-ANTIGEN COMPLEXES ARE EVENTUALLY FILTERED OUT IN THE KIDNEYS, WHERE THEY CAUSE INF |
| GLOMERULONEPHRITIS | AKA AS BRIGHTS DISEASE. page 299 |
| UTI SYMPTOMS | BURNING AND PAINFUL URINATION, CLOUDY URINE,URGENCY,FREQUENCY, BLOOD/PUS, STRONG SMELL.CAUSED BY BACTERIA, PRIMARY E-COLI. PAGE 298 |
| CHAGAS' DISEASE | CAUSED BY TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI. |
| CANDIDA ALBICANS | ORGANISM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES OF FUNGAL VAGINITIS. VULVOVAGINAL CANDIDIASIS. CAUSES THRUSH. |
| GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS | VAGINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS(CLUE CELLS) USED TO EXAMINED TO DETERMINE THIS. CAUSED BY OPPERTUNISTIC PATHOGEN WITHIN THE NORMAL RESIDENT FLORA THAT MULTIPLYS TO ABN HIGH #'S.TX-METRONIDAZOLE/TETRACYCLINE..PAGE 308 |
| PROSTATITIS | MOST COMMON BACTERIAL NON-SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.SX-PAINFUL URINATION, FEVER, CHILLS, WEAK URINE FLOW. |
| VAGINITIS | INCREASED WITH THE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS, PREGNANCY AND MENOPAUSE. PREVENTION- AVOID TIGHT PANTS, COTTON CROCH PANTIES, INFREQUENT DOUCHING.GARDENELLA VAGINALIS, TINY GRAM (-) COCCOBICILLIS/ PAGE 308 |
| TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME | CAUSED BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PAGE 309 |
| ENDOMETRITIS | EFFECTS THE UTERUS AND CAN BE CAUSED BY DIFFERENT ORGNAISMS. ie. E-coli and Group B strep. TX-CLINDAMYCIN/GENTAMYCIN PAGE 310 |
| SALPINGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES INCREASED RISK OF INFERTILITY, DANGEROUS CONDITION CALLED ECTOPIC PREGNANCY (MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS)PAGE 310 |
| ENDOGENOUS INFECTIONS | RESULTS FROM OVERGROWTH OF THE NORMAL VAGINAL FLORA WHICH BECOME PATHOGENIC ie. Vaginosis, candidiasis. OFTEN ASSOC W/HEALTH CARE FIELD. |
| IATROGENIC INFECTIONS | INFECTIONS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT RESULTING FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF MICROORGANISMS THROUGH A MEDICAL PROCEDURE. |
| CHRONIC INFECTIONS | INFECTIONS THAT PERSIST FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITH USU. LESS SEVERE SYMPTOMS THAN ACUTE INFECTIONS |
| GONORRHEA | STI CAUSITIVE ORGANISM IS NEISSERIA. SX: FEVER, ENDOCARDITIS, SKIN LESIONS THAT CAN MOVE TO JOINTS CAUSING ARTHRITIS..PAGE 319 |
| GREAT IMITATOR PAGE 320-321 | SYPHYLLIS- BECAUSE IT CAUSES SX THAT CAN BE ASSOC. WITH NUMEROUS OTHER DISEASES.(TREPONEMA PALLIDUM)3STAGES:10-90DAYS SM RED SORES.2:2-10WKS BLOODSTREAM-RED-BROWN PATCHES PALMS AND SOLES FEVER SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES SORE THROAT MYO/JOINT PAIN.3MEMORY LOSS |
| CHLAMYDIA PG 321-322 | GRAM (-) COCCUS. ORGANISM IS CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIFFERENT INFECTIONS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ie LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM,PID AND NONGONOCCAL URETHRITIS(NGU). TX-TETRACYCLIN/AZT/ERYTHROMYCIN |
| SYPHILIS..PG 320-321 | THE GREAT IMMIATOR, GUMMAS ARE CHARACTERISTIC LESINS OF THIS, BROWN RASH ON HANDS AND FEET ARE TYPICAL. 2DRY STAGE AFTER THE PRIMARY STAGE IS 2-10 WEEKS.ORGANISM-TREPONEMA PALLIDUM. |
| CHANCROID | CAUSITIVE AGENT FOR HEMOPHILUS DUCREYI. |
| GUMMA | CHARACTERISTIC LESION OF SYPHILIS |
| DONOVANOSIS | AKA- GRANULOMA INGUINALE. CAUSED BY KLEBSIELLA GRANULOMATIS |
| HEPATITIS | B-C-D-SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED.VACCINE IS AVAILABLE FOR HEP B, HEP C-TREATMENT IS INTERFERON |
| HERPES | GENITAL HERPES IS CAUSED BY HSV 1 AND 2 |
| TRICHAMONIASIS PGS 311-314 | TRANSMITTED BY A PROTZOAN. CAUSED BY TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS. TX-ORAL METRONIDAZOLE/FLAGYL |
| EMERGENCE | DISEASES THAT ARE NEWLY ID'D IN A POPULATION, OR THAT HAVE EXISTED BUT HAVE CHANGED |
| ADOPTION | THE ESTABLISHED AND FURTHER SPREADING OF AN INFECTIOUS WITHIN A NEW POPULATION. |
| MARBURG | ORIGINALLY SPREAD BY GREEN MONKEYS |
| NEWLY EMERGING | DISEASES THAT ARE NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN A POPULATION, OR HAVE EXISTED BUT HAVE CHANGED. |
| HANTAVIRUS | IS A NEWLY EMERGING DISEASE |
| REEMERGING | DISEASES THAT HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME AND WERE PREVIOUSLLY UNDER CONTROL BUT ARE RECURRING. |
| GROUP I | PROTOZOAN EMERGING AND REEMERGING DISEASES. ie H-Pylori. NEWLY RECOGNIZED IN THE PAST 2 DECADES. |
| GROUP II | REEMERGING PATHOGENS. ie MUMPS |
| EHRLICHIOSIS | CAUSED BY SEVERAL SPECIES OF THE GENUS EHRLICHIA, GRAM- OBLIGATORY INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM.EARLY SIGNS OF CONDITION ARE NONSPECIFIC AND MAY RESEMBLE THE SX OF VARIOUS OTHER DISEASES. |
| PEPTIC ULCER | TRANSMITTED BY FECAL ORAL ROUTE, CAUSED BY HELICOBACTER PYLORI. |
| LYME DISEASE | TICK BORNE ILLNESS CAUSED BY BORRELIA BURGDORFERI, GRAM- MOTILE SPIROCHETE |
| ANTHRAX | ORGNAISM-BACILLUS ANTRACIS, GRP III-TRANSMITTED-CUTANEOUS, INHALATION AND GI. |
| CDC | RESPONIBLE FOR OVER ALL PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNING.REPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING, IMPROVED SURVEILLANCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC CAPABILITIES, RAPID LAB DIAGNOSTICS, ENHANCED COMMUNICATION AND STOCLPILING OF THEAPEUTIC AGENTS. |
| IONIZING RADIATION | INVOLVES GAMMA RAYS, ELECTRON BEAMS AND X-RAYS...NOT UV LIGHT. |
| ZONE OF INHIBITION | AREA OF NO BACTERIAL GROWTH SURROUNDING AN ANTIBIOTIC DISK ON A KIRBY-BAUER PLATE.(DISK-DIFFUSION TEST) |
| HALOGENS | CHLORINE BLONGS TO THIS CHEMICAL GROUP. |
| PHENOLS | KILL VEGATATIVE CELLS AND SOME FUNGI. SABLE TO HEATING AND DRYING |
| ALCOHOLS | KILL VEGATATIVE CELLS AND MANY VIRUSES AND FUNGI. UNAFFECTED BY ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, NO RESIDUE, STABLE AND EASILY HANDLED; RAPID EFFECT |
| THERMAL DEATH TIME | THE LOWEST TEMP BY WHICH ALL MICROORGANISMS IN A PARTICULAR LIQUID WILL BE KILLED WITHIN 10 MINUTES. |
| DECIMAL REDUCTION TIME | RELATED TO BACTERIAL RESISTANCE AND INDICATES TIME IN MINUTES IN WHICH 90% OF BACTERIAL POPULATION IN QUESTION WILL BE KILLED AT A GIVEN TEMP. |
| SANITIZATION | THE CLEANING OF GLASSWARE AND TABLEWARE IN RESTURAUNTS. |
| PASTEURIZATION | INTRODUCED BY LOUIS PASTEUR. USING HEAT TO KILL VEGATATIVE BACTERIA AND THERFORE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MICROORGANISMS THAT HAVE POTENTIAL TO SPOIL FOOD. |
| DISINFECTION | THE DESTRUCTION OF VEGATATIVE ORGANISMS BY CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL METHODS. |
| ETHYLENE OXIDE | ALKYLATING AGENT(CHEMICAL,OFTEN TOXIC BECAUSE OF ABILITY TO INACTIVATE NUCLEIC ACIDS & PROTEINS, EXIST AS GAS AT RM TEMP.& IS USED AS A STERILIZING AGIN IN HOSPITALS AND DENTAL OFFICES. |
| AUTOCLAVING | INSTRUMENT FOR PRESSURIZED STEAM STERILIZATION. USE: MEDIA, LINENS,EQUIPTMENT |
| RADIATION EFFECTS | IONIZING:GAMMA RAYS PENETRATE DEEP MAY REQUIRE MORE TIME. XRAYS PENETRATE THE DEEPEST THEY HAVE < ENERGY THAN GAMMA RAYS, REQUIRE 2 MUCH TIME TO BE USEFUL FOR CONTROL OF MICROBIAL GROWTH. ELECTRON BEAMS VERY EFFECTIVE KILLING MICROBES IN SEC. |
| PRONTOSIL | INDUSTRIAL RED DYE USED IN CURING BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (STREPTOCCOCUS STRAINS) |
| PENICILLIUM NOTATUM | SYSTEMIC CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS OF PCN**** |
| TARGETS OF ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS | BROAD SPECTRUM-GRAM (+)/(-) BACTERIA, NARROW- A SPECIFIC COMPONENT THAT IS PRESENT ONLY IN CERTAIN BACTERIA, MEDIUM- GRAM (+)/(-) BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. |
| SELECTION OF ANTIMICROBIALS | BROAD SPECTRUM-EFFECTIVE AGAINST A LARGE VARIETY OF MICROORGANISMS, NARROE SPECTRUM-(PCN G) EFECTIVE ONLY AGAINST A SMALL # OF MICROBES, MEDIUM SPECTRUM- EFFECTIVE AGAINST SOME GRAM-(+) AND GRAM (-) BACTERIA, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. |
| FLEMMING | ACCIDENTLY DISCOVERED THE ACTION OF THE MODE PCN ON STAPHYLOCOCCUS, WAS AN INTEREST CREATED IN ABX. |
| DOMAGK | DAUGHTER BECAME INFECTED VIRULENT STRAIN OF GRAM (+)STREPTOCOCCUS, HE GAVE HER PRONTOSIL IN DOSES BASED ON HIS LAB RESULTS IN MICE. |
| BACTERIOSTATIC | BACTERIA NO LONGER CAN MULTIPLY |
| ANTAGONISM | DESCRIBING A DRUG COMBINATION THAT IS LESS EFFECTIVE THAN WHEN THE DRUGS ARE ADMINISTERED ALONE. |
| MUTUALISM | A SYMBOLIC RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH BOTH ORGANISMS BENEFIT. |
| SYNERGISM | WHEN 2 ANTIBIOTICS ARE GIVEN TOGETHER TO INCREASE THE THERAPUETIC EFFECT THE PHENOMENON |
| MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE****MULTIPLE RESPONSE | 1.CHANGE IN MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY 2.INCREASED DRUG ELIMINATION 3.CHANGE IN THE TARGET(RECEPTOR)OF THE AGENT 4.CHANGE IN A METABOLIC PATHWAY 5.CHANGE IN PREVIOUSLY INHIBITED ENZYME 6.DEVELOPMENT OF DEFENSIVE ENZYMES |
| AMANTADINE | A TRYCILIC AMINE, USED TO PREVENT INFLUENZA A VIRUS FROM PENETRATING THE CELLS. |
| VANCOMYCIN | TREATMENT OF RHEUMATIC FEVER |
| CHLORAMPHENICOL | POTENT BROAD SPECTRUM, BACTERIOSTATIC ANTIBIOTIC. |
| MACROLIDES | ANTIBIOTICS ARE NATURALLY PRODUCED AGENTS SUCH AS ERYTHROMYCIN, AS WELL AS SEMISYNTHETIC SUCH AS AZT. |
| KETOKONAZOLE | TREATMENT OF VAGINAL CANDIDIASIS (CANDIDA ALBICANS) |
| AMPHOTERICIN B | TX OF VULVOCANDIDIASIS (CANDIDIASIS ALBICANS)ANTIFUNGAL DRUG |
| GRISEOFULVIN | A NATURALLY PRODUCED, RELATIVELY NARROW-SPECTRUM AGENT USED PRIMARILY TO COMBAT LOCALIZED DERMATOPHYTE INFECTIONS. ie. ATHLETES FOOT. |
| PLACENTA | A VASCULAR ORGAN THAT DEVELOPS DURING PREGNANCY, LINING THE UTERINE WALL AND JOINING MOTHER AND FETUS. |
| UTERUS | PEAR SHAPED FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN WHERE THE EMBRYO IMPLANTS AND FURTHER DEVELOPS INTO A FETUS. |
| FETUS | A DEVELOPING MAMMAL AFTER THE 1ST WEEKS OF EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT UNTIL BIRTH. |
| ANTIBODIES & BABIES | TYPE OF ANTIBODY THAT CAN CROSS THE PLACENTA IS IgG. CONGENITAL INFECTION IS A BACTERIAL OR VIRAL INFECTION THAT CAN BE PASSED FROM MOTHER TO CHILD BEFORE OR DURING BIRTH. |
| MICROBES AND THE ELDERLY | INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE ADULT POPULATION ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 1/3 OF ALL DEATHS IN >65 YEARS OF AGE. |
| MICROHABITAT | A PHYSICAL LOCATION WHERE ORGANISMS ARE FOUND |
| COMMUNITY | A SET OF GUIDELINES |
| POPULATION | SIZE-TAKES MORE TIME TO KILL OR REDUCE A LARGE POPULATION COMPOSITION-DIFFERENT ORGANISMS ARE AFFECTED DIFFERENTLY BY THE SAME AGENT |
| GUILD | POPULATIONS OF MICROORGANISMS THAT PERFORM LINKED METABOLIC ACTIVITIES. |
| ABYSSAL ZONES | PRESENT ONLY IN OCEANS |
| BENTHIC ZONES | CONTAINS SEDIMENTS OF LAKE BOTTOM, LOW TEMPS AND VERY LOW O2. |
| LITTORAL ZONES | MARINE ORGANISMS ARE PRESENT IN. ALONG THE SHORE LINE WHERE NUTRIANT ENTER THE LAKE. |
| CATEGORY A | HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADVERSE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT, INCLUDING MASS CASULATIES. ie Easily transmitted from person to person, High mortality rate, potential to cause panic, requires special action for preparedness |
| CATEGORY B | LESS VIRULENT THAN CATEGORY A AND LESS LIKELY TO BE USED FOR BIOTERRORISM.ie E-coli, Rickettsia, Vibrio cholerae |
| NITRIFICATION | THE OXIDATON OF AMMONIUM TO PRODUCE NITRATE. |
| DENITRIFICATION | THE PROCESS BY WHICH NITRATE IS REDUCED TO NITROGEN. |
| EUTROPHICATION | THE OVERGROWTH OF MICOORGANISMS IN NUTRIENT-RICH WATERS. ORGANISM-ALGAE AND CYANOBACTERIA. |
| BIOTECHNOLOGY | GOAL-TI INSER FOREIGN OR MODIFIED GENES INTO A CELL TO PRODUCE A NEW PHENOTYPE. |
| KARL EREKY | The term 'biotechnology' was coined by him in 1917.[1] He is regarded by some as the "father" of biotechnology |
| STANLEY COHEN | STUDIED SMALL LOOPS OF DNA FOND IN CYTOPLASM BACTERIA, WHICH ARE NOW PLASMIDS. HELPED PRODUCE THE WORLSD 1ST RECUMBINANT DNA ORGANISM. |
| RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY | INVOLVES THE MODIFICATION OF AN ORGNANISM'S GENOME. |
| GENOME | The entirety of an organism's hereditary information. It is encoded either in DNA or, for many types of viruses, in RNA.[1] The genome includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the DNA/RNA |
| TRANSFORMATION | THE RECOMBIANTION PROCESS WHEN BACTERIA ACQUIRE FRAGMENTS OF DNA FROM THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND THEN EXPRESS THE ENCODED PROTEINS. |
| TRANSDUCTION | A 3rd FORM OF RECOMBINATION INVOLVES BACTERIAL VIRUSES CALLED BACTERIOPHAGES. |
| TRANSCRIPTION | The first step of gene expression, in which a particular segment of DNA is copied into RNA by the enzyme, |
| LIGATION | The covalent linking of two ends of DNA molecules, most commonly done using DNA ligase |
| RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASES | AKA-RESTRICTIVE ENZYME, CAPABLE OF CUTTING VIRAL DNA BUT DO NOT CUT THE HOST DNA |
| PLASMIDS | SMALL LOOPS OF DNA FOUND IN THE CYTOPLASM OF BACTERIA. |
| COSMIDS | VECTOR CREATED BY THE COMBO VIRAL DNA FRAGMENTS AND FRAGMENTS FROM A PLASMID. |
| cDNA | PORTION OF DNA SUCH AS A GENE, THAT IS SYNTHESIZED FROM AN RNA TEMPLATE. |
| REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE | A PORTION OF DNA, SUCH AS A GENE, THA IS SYNTHESIZED FROM RNA TEMPLATE. |
| PCR | MAKING MULTIPLE COPIES OF DNA. |
| RECUMBINATE PROTEINS IN HEALTH CARE | THE GENETIC RECUMBINATION PROCESS EXPRESS THE ENCODED PROTEIN IS TRANSFORMATION |
| GENE LIBRARIES | COMPOSED OF A SERIES OF CELLS OR UNICLLULAR ORGANISMS THAT ARE USED TO STORE GENES THAT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM FOREIGN CELLS. |
| CLONES | A SINGLE BACTERIUM CAN PRODUCE MILLIONS OF IDENTICAL CELLS. |
| ELECTROPHORESIS | the separation of ionic solutes based on differences in their rates of migration in an applied electric field |
| LAMBDA PHAGE | THE REQUIREMENT TOCLONELARGER SEGMENTS OF DNA CAN BE FULFILLED BY THIS. IS A BACTERIOPHAGE THA AFFECTS E.COLI. |
| FACTORS OF EMERGENCE/REEMERGENCE | HUMAN DEMOGRAPHICS & BEHAVIOR, ECOLOGICAL CHANGES AND AGRICULTURAL DEV., IN'L TRAVEL & COMMERCE TECHNOLOGY & INDUSTRY MICROBIAL ADAPTATION & CHANGE, BREAKDN OF PUBLIC HLTH MEASURES, HUMAN SUBSCEPTIBILITY TO INFECTION CLIMATE/WEATHER, EONOMIC DEV./LAND US |
| 4 TYPES OF EMERGING/REEMERGING DISEASES | NEWLY EMERGING: HANTAVIRUS, EBOLA & AIDS REEMERGING: TB AND MALARIA NEW MANIFESTATIONS OF KNOWN DISEASE AGENTS: GENITAL,RESP, AND CARDIAC MANIF.OF CHLAMYDIA INTRO OF KNOWN AGENTS INTO NEW GEOGRAPHIC TERRITORIES:RAPID SPREAD OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN THE U. |
| NON IONIZING RADIATION EFFECTS | TYPE OF ELETROMAGNETIC RADIATION-ENERGY TO CAUSE THE FORMATON OF NEW COVALENT BONDS, WHICH AFFECTS THE 3 DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS & NUCLEIC ACIDS |
| CHASTAIN/FLOREY | PERFORMED FIRST CLINICAL TRIALS OF PCN |
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