MicroBio Final Study

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Infection with ______________ can lead to shingles later in life.

chickenpox

What transmits Lyme disease?

deer ticks and field mice ticks

Aspergillus glaucus infects ________________.

dried fruit

Necrosis of tissue is called ________________.

gangrene

What disease is caused by a protozoan that has two nuclei and can be found in all types of water, even chlorinated water?

giardiasis

Antimicrobial eye drops or silver nitrate are placed in a baby's eyes on delivery because of the possibility of what disease?

gonorrhea

What cells of the body does HIV attack?

helper T cells

1. What is a local skin infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes that mostly infects children who scratch insect bites?

impetigo

Francisella tularensis causes tularemia, which is also called ____________.

rabbit fever

In what disease is the tongue spotted with a strawberry-like appearance?

scarlet fever

Jock itch is caused by _______________.

the fungus Tinea capitis

What is the vector for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?

ticks

An intracellular parasite that is genetic material in a protein coat is a _____________.

virus

African trypanosomiasis is commonly called _________________.

African sleeping sickness

What is the vector for malaria?

Anopheles mosquito

The toxin aflatoxin is produced by _____________.

Aspergillus flavus

Which bacterium causes tissue gas?

Clostridium perfringens

Which bacterium causes strep throat?

Streptococcus pyogenes

What is the vector for West Nile virus?

Tiger mosquito

What virus causes chickenpox?

Varicella-zoster

What virus causes West Nile?

a flavivirus

Thrush is ________________.

a fungal infection where there is white growth on the tongue

What disease in infants results from ingesting honey contaminated with C. botulinum spores?

botulism

Lyme disease is caused by which bacterium?

Borrelia burgdorferi

What part of the body does rabies attack?

CNS

What virus causes AIDS?

HIV

Yeasts are _____________.

fungi

Which muscles are first affected by tetanus?

jaw muscles

What part of the body does hepatitis affect?

liver

Tetanus is also known as ____________.

lockjaw

A small, protein, infectious particle is a __________________.

prion

Pregnant women shouldn't clean litter boxes to avoid the disease ___________.

toxoplasmosis

What virus is dangerous for a mother to contract in the first trimester and will result in birth defects?

measles

What is the vector for African sleeping sickness?

tsetse fly

What are the names of the polio vaccines?

Sabin, Salk

The chickenpox virus can remain dormant in what part of the body?

dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord

Inflammation of the brain is called ________________.

encephalitis

Healthcare associated infections are called _____________ infections.

nosocomial

How many viruses can cause the common cold?

over 200

Mumps is the infection of the ____________________.

parotid glands

The malaria protozoan ends up in the human _____________, where it causes the disease.

red blood cells

A fungal infection of the scalp is ____________.

ringworm

In what fungal disease does a circular rash clear up in the middle as it spreads outward?

ringworm

The disease _____________ is caused by Treponema pallidum and has three stages to it.

syphilis

Cryptosporidium parvum often causes _________________.

traveler;s diarrhea

Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis. When the bacterium invades attacking macrophages, a nodule in the lungs called a/n ____________ forms.

tubercle

What bacterium causes diphtheria?

Clostridium diphtheriae

Which bacterium causes gangrene?

Clostridium perfringens

Which bacterium causes a furuncle?

Staphylococcus aureus

An area of dead tissue in cutaneous anthrax is _______________

eschar

Picking at the bedclothes is an odd symptom of what disease?

epidemic typhus

The tongue is covered with a white or black fur and is rolled up in the disease ___________.

epidemic typhus

What cells of the body does the mononucleosis virus attack?

memory B cells

Loss of smell and taste is an odd symptom of what disease?

COVID-19

What causes yeast infections in women?

Candida albicans

What is the most frequently reported sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen in the US?

Chlamydia trachomatis

Cold sores are caused by ______________ virus.

Herpes simplex 1

Which bacterium causes childbirth fever?

Streptococcus pyogenes

Which bacterium causes scarlet fever?

Streptococcus pyogenes

Which bacterium causes toxic shock syndrome?

Streptococcus pyogenes

What gases make up tissue gas?

carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas

Fungi lack _______________, so they are not photosynthetic.

chlorophyll

What kind of virus causes COVID-19?

coronavirus

Fungal infections of the skin are called ________________.

dermatomycoses

Plasmodium causes __________________.

malaria

Quinine is the treatment for _____________________.

malaria

In what part of the insect vector's body does the protozoan that causes malaria reside?

salivary glands

What is a furuncle

serious hair follicle infection called a boil

What is the only viral disease that has been eradicated from the world?

smallpox

Which bacterium is common in raw milk and causes bacterial sepsis and meningitis in newborns, and uterine infections in postpartum women?

Streptococcus agalactiae


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