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A-71. Relapsing fever and human->louse/tick->human is how it is spread. What's the bug and how do you treat it?
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B. recurrentis
Tetracycline |
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A-71. What can cause pneumonia (and hepatitis) form bird feces and is treated with tetracycline?
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C. psittaci
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A-71. What is the cause of Rocky Mtn Spotted fever, what is the reservior and vector?
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R. rickettsiae
Resv: dogs Carrier: ticks |
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A-71. The _______family and _______virus cause erythema infectiosum, which has a "slapped cheek"
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Parvo family
B19 virus |
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A-71. Where does Veracella hide during its latency?
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Thoracolumbar dorsal root ganglia
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A-71. The paramyxo family of viruses cantains what viruses?
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-Rubeola
-Parainfluenza -Mumps -RSV |
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A-71. Describe prions transmission and inactivation?
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-Can be transmitted to other species through infect brain matter
-NOT transmitted by body secretions -NOT inactivated by formalin |
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A-71. HIV is what kind of virus?
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Lentivirus
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A-71. Genes GP41 and GP120 do what for HIV?
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GP41: mediates cell fusion
GP120: binds to CD4 receptor |
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A-71. Cryptococcus is what kind of mold and causes what?
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YEST, pneumonia and meningitis
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A-71. What protozoa is very common in HIV pts and has sudden onset, fever, dyspnea, tachycardia?
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Pneumocystis jiroveccii
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A-71. WHat three intestinal protozoa cause severe diarrhea and often bloody?
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E. histolytica
G. lamblia Cryptosporidium |
