Exam 1

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what cell size are prokaryotes?

1-10 micrometers

who is Dr. Sanja gupta?

Medical CNN reporter

How many cases were there is Austin Indiana?

180 cases in a population of 4000

Who was fetu kekula?

22 year old nursing student who nursed her ebola ridden family back to health (trashbag method)

How many microbes are there to one of your own cells?

3 (1:3)

how many sources of influence does it take to make someone do something?

4

what is herd immunity?

85% or more of the population is immune or vaccinated against a disease

Who invented the microscope?

Anton Leeuwenkoek

who is the incident commander of the ebola response team?

Dr. Inger Damon

which scientist disproved spontaneous generation?

Leeuwenkoek and robert hook

what is a zoonotic disease?

a disease that spreads from animals to humans

What form of life are prokaryotes from?

bacteria archaea

What are 6 types of microbes?

bacteria, virus, protozoa, fungi, algae, prions (only made of proteins)

What were 5 innovations that came from the civil war?

cut as far from the heart as possible, anesthesia drip, suture (with collodion), ambulance, facial reconstruction

what is ZMAPP?

developed by Gary Kopinger made from tobacco leaves

who is thomas frieden ?

director of CDC

who is Anthony Fauci?

director of NIH, NIAID

What is the difference between and epidemic and pandemic?

epidemic is a greater number of people, pandemic is world wide

What is the hepegivirus?

is in blood products looks a lot like hep-c or g

What were some major problems during civil war (pre germ theory)

lots of death due to infection (staph) dietary deficiencies ( resulting in immunosuppression)

Who was Ignaz semmelweis?

made nurses and doctors start to wash their hands

What size are the ribosomes of eukaryotes?

membrane bound and free

What is the cell size of eukaryotic cells?

over 100 micrometers

what are 6 major reasons for reemerging diseases?

population growth, change in environment,ecological destruction, air travel, transfusing unsafe blood, human behavioral changes

What are monoclonal antibodies?

produced by single b cell lineage

what are polyclonal antibodies?

secreted by different b cell lineage within the body

what size are the ribosomes of prokaryotes?

smaller than eukaryotic cells and not bound by membrane

What was pasteur originally trying to do when he developed pasteurization?

trying to pasteurize beer to make it last longer.

what are the 4 types of cough?

whooping cough, croup, dry cough, wet cough


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