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Proteinaceous infectious agents/particle
misfolded protein containing no nucleic acids |
What is a prion?
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spongiform encephalopathies (holes in the brain)
these tend to be fatal |
What can prions cause?
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fatal neurological degeneration
loss of brain matter large vacuoles form in brain Examples: Spongiform encephalopathies – BSE, vCJD, kuru |
Prion diseases result in
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bovine spongiform encephalopathies (BSE)
aka: mad cow disease |
What is a well known animal disease caused by prions?
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A. associated with abnormal, transmissible, protein in the brain.
B. chronic, fatal infections of the nervous system. C. caused by prions.*** D. Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, kuru, and Gertsmann-Strassler-Scheinker syndrome. E. All of the choices are correct. |
Spongiform encephalopathies are:
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is caused by a prion. True or False
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the German measles does not cause Koplik's spots.
the German measles can cross the placenta. the German measles is transmitted by respiratory droplets b & c a, b & c*** |
Which of the following statements are true concerning the German measles?
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rubeola, rubella***
rubella, red measles |
Koplik's spots and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis are characteristic of__ while congenital defects are associated with __.
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measles
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Oral lesions call Koplik’s spots are seen in patients with:
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infection in women giving birth.
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Semmelweis advocated handwashing as a method of preventing
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Nightingale, Semmelweis and Lister
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All of the following individuals showed that cleanliness played a role in human disease
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puerperal fever
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Semmelweis advocated handwashing as a method of preventing which of the following diseases?
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developing methods for reducing nosocomial infections.
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The work of Lister, Nightingale, and Semmelweis all contributed to controlling infectious disease by
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Ignaz Semmelweis
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Who first hypothesized that medical personnel can infect patients with pathogens
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Hooke
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Scientists who discovered the cell:
looked at thinly sliced layers of cork and noticed “compartments” which he called cells |
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Koch
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the first to connect a specific organism with a disease also went on to develop microbiology lab techniques to grow and study microorganisms
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- forms serpentine chords while growing
- he called it “chord factor” - lipid component of cell wall - Mycolic acid and waxes |
Originally identified by Robert Koch
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