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Micro Jeopardy Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which parasite produces an egg that looks like a football? | Trichuris trichiura |
| Which parasite has eggs that hatch around the perianal area while you are asleep and causes relentless itching? | Enterobius vermicularis |
| Which parasite has been known to cause bladder cancer in chronic cases? | Schistosoma haematobium |
| Which parasite has suckers and forms cysts in the brain? | Taenia solium |
| What do damaged viruses use to replicate? | helper viruses |
| What parasitic group lives in permanent copulation and always has a smile? | schistosoma |
| What ectoparasite has larva (aka. Maggots) that can dwell in a breast, eye, or leg? | Flies that cause myiasis |
| What nematode causes tumor-like skin nodules to develop and causes a condition known as “river-blindness”? | Onchocerca volvulus (vectored by the black fly)—“oncho” means tumor |
| What bacterium forms spores and infects wool sorters and causes black skin lesions? | Bacillus anthrax |
| What roundworm is often associated with hospitals and immune-compromised people? | Strongyloides stercoralis (just think that hospitals are supposed to be sterile) |
| What parasite can jump high and serve as a vector for tapeworm larvae? | flea |
| What protozoan has a monkey face and is also known as beaver feaver? | Giardia lamblia |
| Which fungus is considered part of the normal microbial flora of the mouth and vagina and can infection in immune-compomised people? | Candida Albicans |
| What vector is present on the east coast and transits the borrelia bacterium that causes Lyme disease? | tick |
| What viral disease deposits immune complex in the skin and forms a characteristic rash? | Measles |
| What bacterium is considered normal flora and is a common source for food borne illness? | E. coli |
| What parasite loves feces and attacks the intestinal lining and liver and has a karysome? | Entamoeba histolytica |
| What virus requires an enzyme to write the genetic code in DNA from RNA? | retro virus |
| What form of asexual reproduction, used by protozoans, involves a division into two equal parts? | binary fission |
| What parasite uses the mosquito as a vector and produces larvae in blood or tissue? | Filariasis |
| What vector can contain malarial parasites? | Mosquito |
| What parasite forms cysts in brain and muscle? | Tanea solium (kind of a repeat question) |
| What parasite lives in the crotch and causes pubic lice (aka. Crabs)? | pubic louse |
| What parasite forms hydatid cysts? | Echinococcus granulosus |
| What mechanism do parasites use to wall themselves from the host immune responses? | the formation of a cyst |
| What type of transmission is passed from the healthcare provider to the patient? | Iatrogenic |
| What virus can produce lesions on the lip, genitals, and brain? | Herpes |
| What parasites have an oral sucker, as well as ovaries and testes (hermaphrodite)? | Trematodes (aka. Flatworms) |
| What virus is known to attack cruise ships and cause violent diarrhea? | Noro Virus (aka. Norwalk Virus) |
| If H5N1 (avian flu) is transmitted from a chicken to a farmer, what type of transmission is this? | Zoonotic (specifically horizontal) |
| What are the sexual spores called that form in zygomycetes? | Sporangiospores |
| What types of bacteria are unable to grow in the absence of oxygen? | obligate aerobes |
| What is known is the tendency of a virus to infect a certain organ based on pH and oxygen tension among other factors? | Tropism |
| When a mother transmits a disease to her fetus, what type of transmission is this? | vertical transmission |
| What term refers to a disease remaining at a constant level of infection in a particular area? | endemic |
| What long thin structure is present in guardia, trichimonas, and E. Coli? | flagella |
| What type of transmission causes infection by flu, whooping cough, and tuberculosis? | airborne transmission |
| What resistant structure is found in spore forming bacteria and fungi? | spores |
| What types of viruses tend to replicate in the cytoplasm? | RNA viruses (they have inclusion bodies) |
| What is the method of reproduction used by candida albicans? | budding |
| What bacterial component causes shock in a patient infected with shigella and cholera? | Endotoxin (LPS)-from gram negative bacteria |
| When you have a sudden increase in the number of cases of disease within a particular area, what is this called? | an epidemic |
| What type of host was typhoid Mary? | A carrier (she carried salmonella typheses) |
| What geometrical structure packages viral DNA components? | capsid |
| What capsulated fungus is often seen in the lungs of HIV/AIDs patients? | Cryptococcus neoformans |
| What test is used to diagnose diseases by detecting pathogen DNA? | PCR |
| What fungus has a last name the means black? | tinea nigra |
| What do defective viruses require to function? | helper viruses |
| What parasite encysts the metacaria form in fish? | Clonorchis sinensis Opisthorchis sinensis |
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