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why is chamydia unusual bacteria |
they have a life cycle |
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wht structure are they similar to(chamydia) |
gram negative exccept they lack cell wall |
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what iis the infected stage of chlamydia called |
elementary body (EB) which is like a small beebee and induces its own uptake into a host cell. |
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what does EB do in chlamydia |
when chlamydia enters the body it lives in a phagolysosome ;prevents fusion of the lysosome with the phagolysosomes |
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chlamydia is an obligated what? |
intracellular; this is due to lacking a functional TCA cycle *get ATP from the host |
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trachoma |
blinding disease that is very common in the middle east ( caused by servars A,B, Ba, and C) |
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what causes trachoma symptoms |
the disease becomes latent, blinding takes year,delayed hypersensitivity reaction which causes chronic damage to the eye and surrounding tissue |
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treatment and prevention for chlamydia |
treatment: broad host range antibiotics prevention: good hygiene for blinding trachoma; abstinence and condom for std |
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Herpes type 1 |
1. cold cores( fever blisters, some chancre sores) 2. keratoconjunctivis-the leading cause of acquired blindness in the US 3. encephalitis- rare but fatal |
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herpes type 2 |
1.genital leasions: 2. infant herpes:get it when coming out(often fatal) 3. cervical cancer: strong association with infection |
