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Antibody
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A protein produced by the body in response to an antigen and capable of combining specifically with that antigen
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Antibiotic
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Microbial metabolic product with antimicrobial activity
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Hypersensitivity
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Immunity response to environmental antigens (allergies)
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Synergy
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The principle whereby the effectiveness of two drugs used simultaneously is greater than that of either drug used along
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HAART
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Drug cocktail, combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Used in treating HIV or AIDs
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Allograft
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Use of tissue from another person
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Allergen
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Environmental antigens that evokes a hypersensitivity response
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Chemotherapy
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Use of drugs to treat disease
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Haptene
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Chemicals too small to be antigenic by themselves but stimulate immune response if attached to larger molecules (proteins)
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Autoimmunity
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Immune response to self proteins. Lose of self tolerance
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Secroconversion
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Going from negative to positive on a serological test (can take up of 3 months)
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Variolation
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Vaccination acquired through live infectious viruses
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Selective Toxicity
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The property of some antimicrobial agents to be toxic for a microorganism and nontoxic for the host
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Broad Spectrum
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An antibiotic that is effective against a wide range of both gram positive and gram negitive
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Plasma Cell
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Cells that release antibodies into the bloodstream to seek out free roaming antigens
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Epitope
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Sequence of amino acids within a protein recognized as foreign
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Results of Antigen-Antibody Binding
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1) Agglutination
2) Opsonization 3) Activation of complement 4) Antibody-dependent cell-mediated Cytotoxicity 5) Neutralization |
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Agglutination
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reduces number of infectious units to be dealt with
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Opsonization
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Coating antigen with antibody enhances phagocytosis
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Activation of complement
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Causes inflammation and cell lysis
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Antibody-dependent cell-mediated Cytotoxicity
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Antibodies attached to target cell cause destruction by Marcophages, Eosinophils, and NK cells
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Neutralization
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adhesions of bacteria and viruses to mucosa
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Naturally Acquired Active Immunity
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Antigens enter the body naturally; body induces antibodies and specialized lymphocytes. An example would be vaccination.
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Naturally Acquired Passive Immunity
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Antibodies pass from mother to fetus via placenta or to infant via mother’s milk.
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Artificially Acquired Active Immunity
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Antigens are introduced in vaccines; body produces antibodies and specialized lymphocytes
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Artificially Acquired Passive Immunity
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Preformed antibodies in immune serum are introduced by injection
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Specific autoimmune disease and their mediators-Type II
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IgG antibody against cell surface, matrix antigen, or receptor
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Specific autoimmune disease and their mediators-Type III (Immune Complex disease)
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IgG and soluble antigen
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Specific autoimmune disease and their mediators-Type IV (T-cell mediated disease)
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Tc and T inflammatory cells
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Hypersensitivities and their mediators-Type I Ige (Classic, Anaphylactic or Immediate)
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Mast Cells versus environmental antigens (allergens) and Ige
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Hypersensitivities and their mediators-Type II (Cytotoxic)
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IgG, IgM, and complement versus cell surface antigen
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Hypersensitivities and their mediators-Type III (Immune Complex)
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IgG, IgM, versus cell surface antigen
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Hypersensitivities and their mediators-Type IV (Cell Mediated)
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Tc and Th1 response to an antigen
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Penicillins
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Inhibit Cell Wall Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Fluoroquinolones
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Inhibit Nucleic Acid Synthesis (or inhibits DNA gyrase)
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Sulfonamides
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Competitive Inhibitors
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Aminoglycosides
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Inhibits Protein Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Polymyxins
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Injury to the Plasma Membrane
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Cephalosporins
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Inhibit Cell Wall Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Bactracin
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Inhibit Cell Wall Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Vancomycin
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Inhibit Cell Wall Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Neomycin
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Inhibits Protein Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Gentamycin
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Inhibits Protein Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Amikacin
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Inhibits Protein Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Tobramycin
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Inhibits Protein Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Chloramphenicol
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Inhibits Protein Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Tetracyclines
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Inhibits Protein Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-
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Inhibits Protein Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Rifamycin
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Inhibit Nucleic Acid Synthesis
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Chemotheraputic agents and mechanisms action-Quinolones
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Inhibit Nucleic Acid Synthesis
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True or False, B cells encounter antigen in the primary lymph glands the thymus and bone marrow.
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False because B cells which derive from stem cells go to the bone marrow and become B cells and migrate to the lymph.
T cells are the ones that go from the Stem cells to the thymus then to the lymph glands. So B cells never go through the thymus. |
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True or False, Plasma cells from a single B cell clone can secrete antibody specific for different antigens
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True because B cells proliferate into antibody producing plasma cells, these plasma cells secrete antibodies into circulation. Antigens in circulation now attached to circulating antibodies
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True or False, Mast Cells are found in the spleen
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False because M cells facilitate contact between antigens passing through the intestinal tract and cells of the body’s immune system
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True or False, Albumins are serum proteins made by the small intestine
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False made in the liver
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True or False, Inactivated vaccines stimulate both AMI and CMI
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False because only infectious live virus stimulate both AMI and CMI
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True or False,The agglutination reaction can be used to identify either an antigen or an antibody
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True because they do ID
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True or False, No hemolysis in a complement fixation test is a negative result
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False because No hemolysis in a complement is fixed by the antigen-antibody reaction; no hemolysis occurs, so the presence of antibodies
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MHC II molecules are present
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Extracellular antigen to CD4 T cells (chapter 17)
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Which of the follow is not involved in the destruction of a virus infected cell?
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Antibody (chapter 17)
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The poliovirus vaccine may contain
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Infectious or inactivated virus (chapter 18)
wild type (virulent) strain…must be killed (inactivated if virus) or attenuated (weakened) strain….is usually live (infectious if virus) |
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Incitants are chemical associated with
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contact dermatitis (chapter 19)
incitants absorbed into the skin act as haptenes |
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Hemolytic disease of the newborn is due to a maternal immune response against
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fetal Rh factor (chapter 19)
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Immune complex reactions occur under which of the follow conditions
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High antigen load (chapter 19)
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Antagonist antibody against a cell surface receptor is associated with
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Myasthenia gravis (chapter 19)
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Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus is characterized by
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selective destruction of Pancreatic B-cells (chapter 19)
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Acute rejection of transplant is due to
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T cell response to MHC differences (chapter 19)
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Graft verses host disease is associated with
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bone marrow transplants (chapter 19)
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Most antibiotics are produced by
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Actinomycetes/Streptomyces (chapter 20)
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Broad Specrum antibiotic but sensitive to penicillinase
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ampicillin (chapter 20)
it is a semi synthetic penicillin |
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Methicilin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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a) produce penicillinase
b) have mutated penicillin binding proteins c) cause 250,0000 nosocomial infections per year d) are resistant to B lactam antibiotics |
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This antibiotic binds to 50S ribosomal subunit and inhibits formation of the peptide bond
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chloramphenicol (chapter 20)
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Which of the following antibiotics is not found in Neosporin
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vanomycin (chapter 20)
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This chemotherapeutic agent presents the synthesis of vitamin folic acid
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sulfonamide (chapter 20)
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The professional APC in an AMI response to a bacterial infection
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macrophage (chapter 21)
because it ingest a microorganism |
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The idiotype of an antibody is determined by the amino acid sequence in the
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variable region of the heavy and light chain (chapter 17)
These bind to the epitopes. The amino acid sequence and, therefore, the three-dimensional structure of these two variable regions are identical on any one antibody |
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The idiotype of an antibody determines whether or not the antibody may
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attach to a specific epitope (chapter 17)
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The ability of antibody to access different body compartments is due to the amino acid sequence in the
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constant region of the heavy chain (chapter 17)
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Which of the following statements is false
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plasma cells from a single B cell clone can secrete antibody specific for different antigens
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T inflammatory cells are a specific defense against
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intracellular bacteria (chapter 19)
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Viral epitopes on the surface of virus-infected cells are displayed in association with
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MHC I (chapter 17)
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All of the following play a role in the destruction of virus-infected cells except
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Antibody (chaper 17)
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Which of following cellular responses will lead to the destruction of large parasites
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antibody dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity (chapter 17)
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All of the following are second generation (subunit) vaccines except
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measles, mumps, and rubella (chapter 18)
mmr is an infectious virus not a vaccine |
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The D in DTaP is for diphtheria
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toxoid (chapter 18)
Purified diphtheria toxoid |
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A first generation vaccine contains a (an)
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infectious or inactivated virus (chapter 18)
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The viral hemagglutination test is used to test for the presence of
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virus (chapter 18)
that agguilate RBC |
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An example of a recombinant vaccine
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Hepatitis B (chapter 18)
Genes inserted in diploid cell line, safe compared to inactivated virus from patient serum |
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An atopy would be a hereditary predisposition to develop a hypersensitivity to which of the following
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peanuts (chapter 19)
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Incitants are chemicals associated with
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contact dermatitis
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Which of the following would be classified as an incitant
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gold (chapter 19)
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Hemolytic disease of the newborn is due to a maternal immune response against
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fetal Rh factor
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Immune complex reactions occur under which of the following conditions
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high antigen load
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Which of the following mediators is not associated with any autoimmune disease
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IgE (chapter 19)
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The “trigger” antigen in acute rheumatic fever is
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streptococcal wall antigen (chapter 23)
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Antagonist antibody against a cell surface receptor is associated with
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myasthenia gravis (chapter 19)
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Rheumatoid arthritis starts as a Type ___ and progresses to a Type ___ hypersensitivity
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3,4
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A hypersensitivity to myelin basic protein associated with long axons
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multiple sclerosis (chapter 19)
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Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus is characterized by
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selective destruction of pancreatic B-cells (chapter 19)
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An individual may inherit as many as ___ different Class I MHC molecules from each parent
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six (chapter 16)
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MHC II molecules present
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extracellular antigen to CD4 T cells
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The absence of both T and B cells
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Adenosine deaminase deficiency (chapter 19)
SDIC |
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DiGeorge syndrome is characterized by
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absence of a thymus (chapter 19)
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Acute rejection of a transplant is due to
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T cell response to MHC differences (chapter 19)
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Graft verses host disease is associated with
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bone marrow transplants (chapter 19)
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The definition of a narrow spectrum antibiotic
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Kills all gram positive bacteria (chapter 20)
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Most antibiotics are produces by
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Streptomyces (chapter 20)
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Term for any foreign substance that causes AMI or CMI response
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Antigen
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Activated B cells develop into antibody secreting cells called ___ cells
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Plasma
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This antigen presenting cell processes and presents proteins from viruses
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Dendritic
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Sequence of amino acid within a protein recognized as foreign
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Epitope
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Term for the inoculation of cowpox into the skin
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Vaccination
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Loss of self tolerance results in ___disease
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Autoimmune
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Chemicals too small to be antigenic by themselves but stimulate immune responses if attached to larger molecules
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Haptens
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Antagonist antibody inhibit and ___ antibody stimulate
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Agonist
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Term for any immune deficiency due to a defective or missing gene
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Congenital
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The use of drugs to treat disease
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Chemotherapy
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The effects/benefits of using two or more drugs together to combat infection
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1) You can you a lower dosage and get a greater kill
2) less drug toxicity |
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Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity is a specific defense against what?
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Large Parasites
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An atopy would be a hereditary predisposition to develop a hypersensitivity to whivh of the follow?
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Wasp Venoms
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What are the Mediators for Multiple Sclerosis?
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Tc and Ti Cells
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What are the mediators for Syatemic lupus erthematosis?
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IgG/Complement and soluble antigen
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The Abscence of Antibodies?
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Burton's Agammaglobinemia
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Narrow spectrum antibiotics cannot penetrate ____ in Gra negative cells
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Outer Membrane
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This Antibiotic changes shape of of the 30S ribsomal subunit and causes the messanger RNA code to be read incorrectly?
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Streptomycin
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What does HARRT stand for?
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High Antibiotic Retrovirus Reverse Transcriptase
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