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What is the treatment for Lyme dz?
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ceftriazone
amoxicillin doxycycline |
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What 3 disease are caused by Chlyamydia trachomatis?
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lymphogranuloma venereum
urethritis trachoma (chronic conjuctivitis) |
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What stain is specific to Chlyamydia?
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giemsa stain
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What is the reservoir for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
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dogs, rodents
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What are the sx of rocky mountain spotted fever?
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fever
headache rash that spreads from wrists to trunk conjuctival redness |
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What type of genome and what kind of capsid do DNA viruses have?
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double stranded genome, except parvoviruses
icosohedral nucleocapsid except poxvirus |
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Roseola (6th dz) is caused by what virus?
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HHV-6
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Hand-foot-mouth dz is caused by what RNA virus?
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coxsackie A (Picorna family)
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Which arbovirus is responsible for yellow fever and dengue fever?
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Flavivirus
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What virus is responsible for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis?
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measles virus
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What is the RNA-dependent DNA [polymerase that copies the virus genome into the host genome termed?
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reverse transcriptase
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What is the core capsid protein of the HIV virus? (encoded by the gag genome)
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p24 (serologic marker)
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Name 3 dimorhpic fungi.
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balstomyces (respiratory tract infection)
histoplasma (pulmonary infection) coccidoides (desert rheumatism) |
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Fungi that do not reproduce sexually are called what?
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fungi imperfecti
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What fungus has micrscopic findings of pseudohyphae and germ tubes?
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candidiasis
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What unique intracellular protozoa cycle through sexual and asexual places of reproduction?
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sporozoa
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What is responsible for causing periodic fever and anemia in the malaria patient?
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Sporozoites reproduce asexually inside RBCs. Eventually the RBCs burst causing these sx.
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Which Trypanosoma species is transmitted by the Tsetse fly?
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sleeping sickness: T. gambiense
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Which intestinal protozoa fits this profile: bloody mucus diarrhea; liver abscess; can be sexually transmitted?
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Entamoeba histolytica
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Which very common STD is associated with a foul-smelling, watery, green discharge in a female?
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Trichomonas
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