Microbiology- Infectious Diseases

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Clostridium Tetani

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Bacteria
Causes- Tetnus
Anerobic bacterium found in the soil, usually transmitted through puncture wounds.

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Neissera Gonnorhea

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Causes- Gonnorhea
Bacteria
Sexually Transmitted
Can infect the reproductive tract, and eyes
Antibiotics used for treatment.

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Varicella- Zoster Virus

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Virus
Causes- Chicken Pox, Shingles
Targets- Skin/Nervous System.
Transmitted through respiratory droplets

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Ricketsia Richitsii

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Bacteria
Causes- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Transmitted by ticks

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Bacteria
Causes- Lyme Disease- transmitted by ticks
targets nervous system, and joints

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Styphlococcus

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Most cause fever and pus- known as the pyogenic cocci

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Common Species of Staphyloccus

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S.aureus- most serious pathogen
S. epidermis, S. capitis and S hominis- normal skin flora
S. saprophyticus

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S. aureus

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Causes MRSA a staph infection.
Resistant to antibiotics, produces cogulase and enzymes that digest conective tissue, also produces exotoxins

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Folliculitis

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An inflamation of the hair folicle

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Furuncle

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Boil

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Carbuncle

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Larger area of boils

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Impetigo

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Bubble like swellings on the skin, occurs in children and infants

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Osteomyelitis

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Bone infection, produces fever, pain and muscle spasms

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Streptococci

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Gram positive bacteria, sperical, occur in chains
Non motile, non spore forming

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Common species of Streptococci

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S. pyogenes
S. aglactiae
S. pneumoniae

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Infections caused by Streptococcus

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Skin and throat infections
S.Mutans causes dental carries
S.Pneumonaie causes 60% of bacterial pnuymonaie
Causes Otis Media, and meningitis

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Nisseria Gonnorreha

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Bacteria
Causes- Gonorrhea
Sexually Transmitted
Infects the reproductive tract, and eyes.
Silver nitrate is put in babies eyes to prevent blindness due to gonorrhea

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Nisseria Menigidis

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Bacteria
Causes Meningitis- cerebro spinal meningitis
Transmitted through close contact with secretions or droplets

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Bacilli

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Gram Positive
Most are endo spore forming
gram positivem and rod shaped

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Bacillus Anthracis

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Bacteria
Causes- Anthrax
Found in soil
Transmitted- spores entering skin through cuts, or it can be inhaled.
Threat of bioterrorism
Vaccine available

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Clostridium

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Gram positive, spore forming rods, diseases include wound and tissue infections

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Clostridium perfringens

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Causes wound infections, which produce gangrene
Which kills tissues, and requires large doses of antibiotics

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Clostridium tetani

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Bacteria
Causes- Tetnus
Bacteria is a strict anerobe, enteres the skin through puncture wound.
Targets nervous system
Vaccine Available

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Clostridium Botulinum

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Bacteria
Causes Botulism
strict anerobe, spore forming.
Transmitted through injestion
Targets nervous system

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Clostridium Difficle

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Bacteria
Normal resident of intestine, usually shows up in patients who are on antibiotics, which then cause diarreah and stomach cramps

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Corynebacterium diptheria

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Bacteria
Causes Diptheria
Targets the respiratory system
nervous system, and heart
Vaccine Available

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Bacteria
Causes- Tuberculosis
Targets the respiratory system
Treatment- large doses of drugs over a long period of time
Health care professionals require TB test

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Mycobacterium leprae

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Bacteria
Causes- Leprocy
Strict paracite
Chronic disease of skin and nerves
Not readily communicated

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Bordetella pertussis

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Bacteria
Causes- Whooping Cough
Targets the respioratory tract
Vaccine Available

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Legionella

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Bacteria
Causes- Legionaires disease
Targets the lungs
Caused an epidemic of pneumonia that affected 200 people at a convention, which killed many.

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Salmonella

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Bacteria
Causess typhi or typoid fever
Targets the GI tract
Transmitted through contaminated food and water

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Sigella

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Bacteria
Causes Dysentary
Targets the intestine
Transmitted through feces transferd to food, fingers and fomites

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Yersinia pestis

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Bacteria
Causes Bubonic Plague
transmitted through the bite of a flea

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Avoiding gastrointestinal infections

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1) pratice good sanitation
2) Meet minimum tempratures
3) Do not consume food past sell by date
4) do not taste uncooked foods/batters

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Spirochets

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Bacteria with heixal form, and mode of locomotion

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Treponemes Palladium

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Bacteria
Causes Syphillus
Sexually transmitted
Targets reproductive organs

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Bacteria
Causes Lyme Disease
Transmitted by ticks
Targets nervous system, and joints

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Helicobacteriacae

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Bacteria
Causes- ulcers and gastro intestional ailments
Transmitted by person to person, by oral/oral route, or then oral/fecal route

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Rickettsia richettsii

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Bacteria
Causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Transmitted by tick bite
Targets, skin, nervous system, etc

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Bacteria
Causes- Chlamydia
Sexually transmitted
Causes inflamation of the urethra, and pelvis

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Bacteria
Cause- Primary atypical pneumonia
Transmitted by respiratory droplets

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Tinea genus

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Fungus
Causes- Ring worm
targets the skin

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Tinea capitis

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Ringworm of scalp

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Tinea pedias

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Athletes foot

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Tinea cruis

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Jock Itch

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Candita Albicans

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Fungus
Cause- Yeast Infection/Thrush
Targets mouth/vagina
Treatment- antifungal over the counter

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Viruses

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Obligate parasites that infect all organisms, must enter the cell to produce and release new viruses

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Small Pox Variola

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Most contageous of all human diseases, eliminated from the wolrd via vaccination. Russia could be developing this as a bioterrorism wepon

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Varicella Zoster

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Virus
Causes- Chicken Pox/Singles
Targets- skin nervous system
Transmitted through respiratory system and direct contact

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Herpes Simplex

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Virus
Causes Type 1- fever blisters/cold sores
Type 2- affects the genitals- std
Creates lesions of the mucious membranes

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Epstein Barr

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Virus
Causes- Mononucleosis
Targets lymphoid tissue

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Roseola

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Virus
Causes Roseola
Target skin

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Hepitis B

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Virus
Causes Serum hepatitis
Transmitted by needles and semen
Targets the liver
Vaccine available

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Rhinovirus

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Virus
Causes the common cold
Targets the respiratory tract

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Papiloma Virus

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Virus
Causes Warts
Plantar warts, common warts, genital warts.
Associated with cervicle/penlie cancers
Sexually transmitted

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Poliomyelitis

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Virus
Cause Polio
Transmission- contaminated food/water
Targets nervous system
Vaccine available

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Influenza

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Virus
Causes flu
Targets the respiratory tract
Vaccine Available

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Hanta Virus

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Virus
Causes HantaVirus
Targets Respiratory tract
transmitted through contact with urine/feces of mice

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Mumps Parotitis

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Virus
Cause- Mumps
Targets partoid salavary glands
Vaccine available

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`Measels

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Virus
Cause Measels/Rubeola
targets the skin
Transmitted through the respiratory tract
Vaccine available

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Rabies

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Virus
Cause- Rabies
Transmitted through bite of a rabid animal
Targets the nervous system

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Reubella

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Virus
Cause- German Measals
Vaccine available

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Hepitits A

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Virus
Cause- Hep A
Targets the liver
transmitted by food

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Aquired Immunodefiency syndrome

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Virus
Causes- AIDS
Sexually Transmitted
Targets T Helper Cells

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Amebasis

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Ameabs that form cyst and infect food

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Giardia

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Intestinal Flagellate.
transmitted through contaimanted fresh water and food, causes severe diareah

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Trypanosoma

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Causes- sleeping sickness
transmitted through a vector

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Plasmodium

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Cause Malaria
Transmitted through a vector

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Helminth

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Nematodes- round worms, pin worms, hook worms
Flukes- blood flukes, liver flukes
Tapeworms- beef tapeworm, pork tapeworm

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Encephalitis

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Targets- Brain
Transmission occurs via a vector, like a mosquito.

Related to West Nile Virus

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Enterovirus

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Target- Intestine
Transmission- through ingestion

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Poliovirus

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Target- spinal cord, motor neurons
Transmission- ingestion

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Rabies

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Target- Brain
Transmission- Bite from a rabid animal

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Rubella

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Target- Skin
Transmission- Respiratory

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Small Pox

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Target- Skin/Face
Transmission- Respiratory

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Hepititis B

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Target- Liver
Transmission- Blood, sexual contact

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Allergies that procuce T-Cell Responce

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Type IV- Delayed Reactions such as dermititus, posion ivy, no antibodies involved, also the rejection of grafts is in this category.

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Allergies that produce a B-Cell Responce

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Types I, II, III

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Immediate hypersynsativity

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Type I- anaphalatic shock, peanut allergies, bee sting, etc

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Hay Fever and Asthma fall under which type of allergy category

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Type I

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Blood Group Incompatabilty

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Type II, all antibodies are present at birth

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Rheumatoid Arthritus causes what type of allergy

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Type III

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Allergens

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Are antigens that trigger hypersysetive reactions.

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_____ diseases that occur when then immune responce is resduced or absent.

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Immunodeffiency

Such as AIDS- which is aquired
SCIDS- is present at birth

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An allergic mediator that causes eyes to water, and the nose to run is_______.

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Histimine

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______ is a respiratory disease characterized by episodes of impared breathing due to broncioconstriction.

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Asthma

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_______ is a generic term for allergic rhinitis, a seasonal reaction to inhaled plant pollen

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Hay Fever

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Two kinds of type I hypersensativites are_____, a chronic local allergy, and ________, a systemic, potentially fatal allergic responce.

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Atopy

Anaphalaxis

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The best known infection induced immunodifiency is______.

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AIDS

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Three types of cells that identify and destroy cancerous cells by means of immune servailence

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T-Cells
Macrophages
Natural Killers

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What is the usual habitat of spore forming bacteria?

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Soil

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Many clostridial diseases require a/an______ enviroment for development.

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Anerobic

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The common name for conjunctivitis which is caused by Haemophillus ageyptius is______.

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Pink Eye

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What diseases do Samonella and Shingella cause? What are the diffrences

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They both cause dysentary.
Salmonella is more severe beacuse of its ability to get to the blood stream, shingella causes watery stool.

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______ is used to treat syphallis.

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Penicillin

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Lyme disease is caused by_____ and spread by____.

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Bacteria, Ticks

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A common vector of ricketsioses is ______.

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Tick

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What causes dental carries?

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Mixed bacteria, forming bio film, which then disolve the enamle of the teeth.

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A common name for Tinea Pedis is _______ this is caused by______.

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Athletes foot, Fungus

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Candita albicans is the cause of _____, an infection of the____.

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Yeast Infection/Thrush
Vagina/Mouth

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Variola is the agent of _______, the first disease to be eliminated from the wolrd by vaccination.

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Small Pox

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Herpes Simplex Virus both create lesions of the mucous membranes with type 1 affecting the _____ and type 2 affecting the _____.

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Mouth/Lips
Genitalia

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Varicella-zoster Virus is responsible for both the____ and _____.

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Chicken Pox, Shingles

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Hepitits affects the_____.

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Liver

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________ viruses infect the skin producing warts.

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Papiloma viruses

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Genital warts is associated with cervical and penile_____.

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Cancer

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Polio virus targets the____.

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Motor Neurons of the spinal cord

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Hepititis A is transmitted through_____.

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Contaminated Food.

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AIDS virus targets the-__________.

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Immune System, T-Helper Cells

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Pyogenic Cocci

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Streptococcus
Staphyloccus
Neisseria

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Cogulase Test is used for

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differientiating between staphylococcus aureus, and other staphylocci.

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Rheumatic Fever damages the ______, and glomerulonephritis damages the_____.

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Heart Valves, Kidney

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Otis Media is a/an____ infection often caused by____.

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Middle Ear, streptococcus pneumonia

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Which genus of bacteria has pathogens that can cause blindness and deafness?

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Neisseria

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A complication of genital gonnorhea in both men and women is_____.

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Infertility

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Which infectious agent would most likely be aquired from a door knob?

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Staphloccus aureus

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Cogulase

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Forms fibers, clots blood

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hemolysins

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Exotoxins produced by bacteria that cause lysis of blood cells

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rheumatic

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inflamation of the joints and heart involves connective tissue.