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MICRO333
EXAM 1, CRAWTHER
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WHAT IS A PATHOGEN? | ANY ORGANISM CAPABLE OF CAUSING DISEASE |
| VIRULENCE | SEVERITY OF A DISEASE |
| E. COLI 0157-H7 | PATHOGEN, HEMORAGIC ORGANISM, INTERNAL BLEEDING |
| NOVEL H1N1 | SWINE FLU |
| H5N1 | AVIAN FLU |
| SEROTYPE | SERUM FRACTONS OF BLOOD WITH Ig (ANITBODIES). SPECIFIC SET OF Ig FOR ANTIGEN |
| BLOOD= 2 PARTS | PLASMA-LIQUIDBLOOD CELL (PLATELETS)-SOLID |
| EMPERICAL KNOWLEDGE | KNOWLEDGE FROM LIFE'S LIVING, OBSERVATIONS |
| ANTIGEN | ANYTHING WHICH WILL TRIGGER AN IMMUNE RESPONSE |
| ORTHOMYXOVIRUS | INFLUENZA |
| PANDEMIC | DISEASE WORLDWIDE |
| EPIDEMIC | DISEASE REGIONAL |
| OUTBREAK | DISEASE LOCALIZED |
| HISTORY: SPANISH FLU | 1918, H1N1, KILLED 20-40 MILLION |
| REGULAR FLU | KILLS 30,000/YR, AIMS FOR VERY YOUNG, VERY OLD, AND IMMUNE COMPROMISED |
| 1945 | END OF WORLD WAR II, ANTIBIOTICS: FLEMMING, PENNICILINE DISCOVERED |
| EMERGING PATHOGENS: VIRUSES-HIV/AIDS | WORLD WIDE (NEED MORE INFORMATION) |
| EMERGING PATHOGENS: VIRUSES-EBOLA & MARBURG | RICHARD PRESTON-THE HOT ZONE; 95% DEATH RATE; KILLS QUICKLY, QUARENTINE, WON'T SPREAD, BLEED FROM ALL ORPHACES |
| ORPHACES | PORES OR OPENINGS IN HUMAN BODY |
| EMERGING PATHOGENS: VIRUSES-HANTAVIRUS | DEER MICE; 4 CORNERS SW; EVERYWHERE NOW; LUNG DISEASE, PULMONARY, VERY FAST |
| FULMINGATION | VERY RAPID ONSET |
| ZOONOTIC | ANIMAL RESIVIOUR, ANIMAL DISEASE |
| DENGUE FEVER (BREAK-BONE FEVER) | MOSQUITO VECTOR, CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICAS |
| WEST NILE DISEASE | MOSQUITO VECTOR AND BIRDS, HORSES AND HUMANS; 2 YEARS TO SPREAD ACROSS US, |
| INDEX CASE | FRIST CASE |
| SARS | SEVERE ACUTE RESPITORY SYNDROME-Coronavirus (SSRNA) |
| SEROTYPE | H1N1: H=HEMAGLUTIRNIN N=NEUROAINIDASE |
| OTTHOMYXO | CATERGORY ALL FLU VIRUSES FALL INTO |
| *HISTORY* 1918 | NOVEL H1N1, 50 MILLION DEATHS, 3 MONTHS 8,459 WI DIED (103,000 INFECTED) |
| GENETIC DRIFT | SMALL CHANGE IN VIRUS GENETICS |
| GENETIC SHIFT | LARGE CHANGE IN VIRUS GENETICS, NEW VIRUS |
| SMALL POX | FROM EUROPE TO W.HEMISPHERE |
| H3N8 | BREAK OUT IN LAS VEGAS (DOGS) |
| BACTERIA: E. COLI 0157:H7 | JACK IN THE BOX RESTURUANTS |
| BACTERIA: LYME DISEASE | Borrelia burgdorferi (spiral organism) |
| ATTENUATION | A LESSENING OF VIRULENCE THROUGH CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL MEANS EX: VACCINES ARE 'LIVE' |
| TEXT BOOK | MICROBIOLOGY, PRESCOTT 7TH ED. |
| BACTERIA: MRSA | METHICILLIN RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus; found in nose 40% chance have it, skin infection. Ha-hospital aquired Ca-Community aquired |
| IDIOPATHIC | OF UNKNOWN CAUSE/ORGIN |
| ETIOLOGY | CAUSE OF, AGENT |
| BACTERIA: WHOPPING COUGH | Bordtella pertussis; REEMERGING |
| DPT | Diphtheria (toxoid), Pertussis (whole cell, G-), Tetanus (toxoid) |
| TOXOID | ATTENUATED TOXIN |
| BACTERIA: ULCERS | Heliobacter pylori |
| Bacteria: Clostridium difficile | OBLIGATE ANAREOBE, PRODUCES LOW ENDOSPORES (TRANSMITTED EASILY) |
| Bacteria: Blastomyces dermatitdis | Blastomycosis: systematic fungal infection associated with lung disease (found in soil); deadly to pets and humans |
| FUNGAL SPORES | GET INTO LUNGS AND REPRODUCE |
| PROTOZOA: Cryptosporidium spp. | Milwaukee 400,00 infected, not deadly, quickly spread |
| PRIONS: CJD | Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Variant, humans |
| PRIONS: BSE | MAD COW DISEASE |
| PRIONS: CWD | CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE, DEER AND ELK |
| PRIONS: SCRAPIES | SHEEP |
| PRION | PROTEIN WHICH MUTATES/CHANGES |
| NOSOCOMIAL | HOSPITAL AQUIRED |
| ANTIBODIES | B LYMPHOCYTES, Ig-serium, 5 classes |
| 5 Classes of Ig (Antibodies) | M,A,D,E,G |
| SELF | WON'T MOUNT RESPONSE (STAINLESS STEEL, PLASTIC) |
| NON-SELF | WILL MOUNT RESPONSE |
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