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Practice test of Microbiology 1, test 3. No review yet.

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show indigenous microbiota  
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Disease causing microbe.   show
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show opportunistic pathogen  
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show superinfection  
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Any place where a microbe may live and reproduce.   show
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show carrier  
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The ability of a pathogen to cause disease.   show
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show virulence  
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Microbes normally associated with an animal or transmitted from one.   show
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The number of cases of infections/diseases.   show
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The area of the infection's spread.   show
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The proportion of people in a population who have a disease or condition at a particular time   show
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show incidence  
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Having the disease.   show
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Dying from the disease.   show
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show epidemiology  
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show pathogensis  
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show transmission  
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A disease that can be spread from host to another but is difficult to get.   show
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A disease that is easy to spread.   show
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Disease or infections that erupt during a hospital stay or within 14 days of discharge from the hospital.   show
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show endemic  
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Diseases normally present in a population that experience a sudden rise in the number of cases.   show
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show pandemic  
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show non-endemic diseases  
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show community-acquired infection  
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show iatrogenic infection  
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Cover mouth and nose, limit visitors, no dry dusting, open to fresh air and sunlight, filter air and roll linens lightly. These prevent what kind of contamination?   show
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show food and utensils  
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Use disposables, disinfect or sterilize ASAP, only use equipment for same patient, soiled linens go to laundry separately. These rules should be followed when handling ?   show
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show wash hands  
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Any inanimate object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms and transferring them from one individual to another.   show
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Examples of infectious disease (can you give one?)   show
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Examples of communicable disease (can you give one?)   show
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show mumps, scabies, chicken pox, flu, pink eye, TB  
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Examples of endemic disease (can you give one?)   show
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show measles, West Nile, malaria, chicken pox, avian flu, polio, SARS  
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Examples of sporadic disease (can you give one?)   show
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show AIDS/HIV, bird flu, hepatitis, TB, malaria  
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Examples of zoonotic disease (can you give one?)   show
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A carrier who never had the disease is called a ?   show
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show active carrier  
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A carrier who has not expressed signs or symptoms of the disease yet, but soon will, is called ?   show
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A carrier may no longer show signs or symptoms of a disease, but hasn't fully recovered yet, is called ?   show
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show vector  
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show direct contact transmission  
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show indirect contact transmission  
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show droplet transmission  
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show indirect contact and vehicular transmission  
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show mechanical vector, vehicular, indirect contact transmission  
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show incubation  
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What is the stage in a disease when pathogens start to have an affect on the host, who starts to feel sick?   show
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What is the stage in a disease when symptoms become full blown?   show
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show convalescence  
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show 1. reservoir 2. portal of exit from reservoir 3. mode of transmission 4. portal of entry 5. into susceptible host  
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Pathogens that can be suspended in the air require what kind of precautions?   show
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show N95  
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show droplet  
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How far should you stay away from a person under droplet precautions?   show
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show contact  
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What are the 5 modes of transmission?   show
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show come in contact with the patient or any surface that the patient might have touched  
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How many REPORTED cases of nosocomial infections are there every year?   show
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show supposed to do to stop the spread of infection  
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show burn victims  
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What is the most common type of nosocomial infection?   show
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What is the 2nd most common type of nosocomial infection?   show
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show 1. lower respiratory/pneumonia 2. bloodstream/septicemia  
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show 30  
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Don't __ dust fomites.   show
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show pathogens  
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Surgical asepsis is intended to stop the spread of ?   show
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show intact skin and accessories  
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The 2nd line of immunological defense is ?   show
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show antibodies  
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show IgM  
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show IgA  
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Which antibody is the smallest, the most abundant, and crosses the placenta?   show
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Which antibody is associated with basophils, mast cells, and allergens?   show
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What disease is so virulent that 1-10 microbes is enough for it to be pathogenic?   show
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What disease has a virulence so low that it takes 10 million microbes for it become pathogenic?   show
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What are the microbial traits that a pathogen can use to invade and establish itself inside of a host?   show
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The minimum number of microbes that must enter or attach to cells in the body to become infectious?   show
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These minute, hair-like structures help microbes attach to things.   show
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Microbes are more resistant to phagocytosis if they have a ?   show
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Long, thread-like structures used for locomotion are called ?   show
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show kinases  
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An enzyme that attacks the interstitial cement of connective tissues by depolymerizing hyaluronic acid.   show
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An enzyme used by bacteria to form fibrin clots that they can use to cover themselves and that protects them from the immune system.   show
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A enzyme that digests keratin in the skin.   show
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show mucinase  
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This exoenzyme kills WBCs.   show
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This exoenzyme disrupts the membranes of RBCs.   show
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This enzyme causes death of healthy cells and tissues.   show
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What type of toxin works in 2 parts?   show
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