COL3 embalming microbiology

a microbe's virulence is generally a measure of its

strength and ability to spread disease.

why do children tend to contract more illnesses than adults?

they born with immature immune systems.

a human being's ability to ward off disease based on his or her ability to acquire immunity from natural characteristics they were born with is called adaptive immunity.

false

pus is only white in color.

false

why Cytomegalovirus (CMV) a concern for an embalmer who is also pregnant?

CMV can pass through the placenta to the fetus.

a microbe's virulence is reduced, weakened, and diluted through a process known as

attenuation

what is the most poisonous substance on earth?

botulinum toxin

how was smallpox eradicated?

controlling the human reservoir

Match the following infections with their characteristics: exogeneous, communicable, general, primary, mixed

exogeneous: organism not present in the body communicable: transmitted between people general: when an infection becomes systemic primary: cause the initial illness mixed: caused by two or more organisms

the vector is the primary spreader of malaria

Anopheles mosquito