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Definition of Medical Entomology? correct answers Study of insects, insect borne diseases and other associated problems that affect humans and public health Ex. of Arachnids? correct answers mites, ticks, spiders and scorpions During what years were the golden years of Medical Entomology? correct answers 50 years of major Medical Entomology discoveries Patrick Manson? correct answers discovered transmission of Wucheriria bancrofti by Culex pipiens (Bancroftian filiariasis) Giovanni...

CK Is Associated with Cardiac, Muscles, & Brain Tissue. Elevated CK can be seen in Strokes, Vigorous Exercise, and Muscular Dystrophy - Elevated Serum Creatine Kinase Is Associated with What Conditions? Incubate at Room Temperature or 4oC to Enhance Weak Expression - What Should Be Done if Both Forward and Reverse ABO Results are NEGATIVE? 1.) Waist Line Over: 35 in Women, and 40 in Men 2.) Triglyceride Level over 150 mg/dL 3.) Fasting Blood Glucose over 100 mg/dL 4.) LDL Under: 50 in Wo...

Koch's postulate 1 correct answers the organism must be found in all animals suffering from the disease but not in healthy animals Koch's postulate 2 correct answers the organism must be isolated from a diseased animal and grown in pure culture Koch's postulate 3 correct answers the cultured organism must cause disease when introduced into a healthy laboratory animal Koch's postulate 4 correct answers the organism must be re-isolated (re-cultured) from the experimentally infected an...

Bugs that don't G stain well? - These Rascals May Microscopically Lack Color - Treponema, Rickettsia, Mycobacteria, Mycoplasma, Legionella, Chlamydia. Bugs visualized by Giemsa stain? - Borrelia, Plasmodium, trypanosomes, Chlamydia. Bug visualized by PAS stain? - Tropheryma whippelii. Organisms identified by Siehl-Neelsen (carbol fuchsin) stain? - Acid-fast organisms (Mycobacterium > Nocardia). Bug visualized by India ink? - Cryptococcus. Bugs visualized by silver stain? - Pneumocysti...

1. All of THE FOLLOWING aRE symptoms of endocarditis except a. fever and chills. b. weight loss. c. leg swelling. d. muscle aches. ANSWER: C REF: p. 359 2. THE toxic condition caused by THE multiplication of bacteria in THE blood is REferREd to as a. bacteREmia. b. septicemia. c. shock. d. bloodborne infection. ANSWER: B REF: p. 361 3. When microorganisms enter THE circulatory system through THE lymphatic drainage and cause an infection, THE condition is called a. bacteREmia. ...

What is the difference between an asymptomatic carrier and a person with a latent infection? Answer -A carrier: is asymptomatic but is still shedding the pathogens, making the people around them sick. (Eg. Typhoid Mary; a cook for wealthy families. Had Typhoid Fever, but instead of her body ridding the salmonella typhi, the organism continued to proliferate in her gallbladder. Poor handwashing before food preparation, got families sick. High mortality rate). -latent infection: pathogen is not ...

TEST BANK for Medical Microbiology by Murray, Rosenthal, Ken Pfaller 7th Edition. ISBN: 9780323086929 Edition: 7 A+ Section 1: Introduction 1. Overview of Medical Microbiology 2. Commensal and Pathogenic Microbial Flora in Humans 3. Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antisepsis Section 2: General Principles of Laboratory Diagnosis 4. Microscopy and Microbial Isolation 5. Molecular Diagnosis 6. Serologic Diagnosis Section 3: Basic Concepts in the Immune Response 7. Elemen...

MLS ASCP EXAM – (MICRO) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 (VERIFIED). Disinfection, desiccation, filtration, fridge, heat, radiation, and Sterilization - Correct Answer-Types of sterilization/inhibition techniques denatures proteins 15 lbs ,121*C for 15 mins - Correct Answer-Moist Heat Sterilization kills by oxidation hot air oven 170*C for 2 hrs - Correct Answer-dry heat sterilization 140*C for 3 secs, NOT STERILIZATION - Correct Answer-pasturization sterilization Damages cytoplasmic membran...

UT TYLER FNP NURS 5350 Adv Patho Exam 1 Questions and Answers(2023/2024) With Verified Answers. Seven specialized cellular functions: - ANSWER movement, conductivity, metabolic absorption, secretion, excretion, respiration, and reproduction Nucleus - ANSWER aids in cell division and control of genetic info, contains DNA (think the egg yolk) Ribosomes - ANSWER RNA-protein complexes; float freely in cytoplasm; provide sites for cellular protein synthesis; packages and modifies protein for tr...

CBRN Test Questions with Complete Solutions Pathogens - Answer-Disease-Producing microorganisms, such as bacteria, rickettsia, or viruses Toxins - Answer-Poisonous substances naturally produced by bacteria, plants, fungi, snakes, insects, and other living organisms Bio-regulators - Answer-Include biochemical compounds that regulate cell processes and physiologically active compounds such as catalysts and enzymes Prions - Answer-Proteins that can cause neurodegenerative diseases in huma...