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17 Cards in this Set
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Antigen |
Anything that provokes your immune system |
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Antibody |
Protein created by immune system to attach to an invader |
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Agglutination |
Antibody attached to an antigen |
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Examples of agglutination test |
Blood testing (typing) Pregnancy test Claumidia |
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Where are antigens found |
On outside of bacterial cell |
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Where antibodies are found in the kit |
On latex beads |
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Benefit to agglutitation test |
It is a rapid test |
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Tapeworm (taenia) Head and body |
Scolex with hooks and sucker discs Proglottids |
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Clonorchis (fluke) |
Sucker disc |
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Trichinella |
Round worm causes trichinosis Encysted in muscle tissue (biopsy) |
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Enterobius (pinworm) |
A type of round worm common in the US |
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Necator, ancylostoma (hookworms) |
Round worm type with hook Like structures near its mouth |
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Nematode kingdom |
Animalia |
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Turbateix aceti |
Vinegar Not pathogenic to humans |
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Top route of infection |
Fecal oral |
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Exp 23, 24, 25 |
23 transformation 24 agglutination 25 parasitology |
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Explain transformation of E. coli |
E. coli is Sensitive to ampicillin
And needs to be transformed by a plasmid DNA resistant to ampicilin to grow with amp present
But it first must be made competent (able to be transformed) With chloride salts and heat and cold cycles. |
