VTPB 221 Tamu Great Diseases Of The World Final Questions And Answers
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VTPB 221 Tamu Great Diseases Of The World Final Questions And Answers
In a medieval version of biological warfare, at what eastern trading station were dead plague victims lobbed over the city walls by forces besieging the city? ANS Kaffa
The Commander of the British Forces in America, Sir Jef...
VTPB 221 Tamu Great Diseases Of The World Final
Questions And Answers
In a medieval version of biological warfare, at what eastern trading station were dead plague victims
lobbed over the city walls by forces besieging the city? ANS Kaffa
The Commander of the British Forces in America, Sir Jeffrey Amherst, relied on using blankets that
had been used by patients of which disease to kill many native Americans who helped the French.
ANS Smallpox
What university was ordered by it's country's ruler to investigate the cause of the plague? ANS
The University of Paris
"Salvarsan", one of the earliest antisyphilitic drugs, was discovered by: ANS Paul Ehrlich
The miasma theory was strongly supported and advocated by: ANS Max von Pettenkofer
How was the Cholera-causing pathogen spread? ANS Fecal-oral route by contaminated food
water, or fomites.
The bacteria most associated with tuberculosis in AIDS patient is: ANS Mycobacterium avium
The earliest written record of Malaria symptoms can be traced back to: ANS The classic Chinese
Nie Ching
The impetus behind the passage of the "1893 Immigration Act", by the US congress, was the
outbreak of which of the following disease among the East European immigrants? ANS Cholera
The Cholera Riots of 1830-1831, were the riots of the urban population against the anti-cholera
measures undertaken by the government, too place in which country? ANS Russia
, The recommendation for yearly vaccination against influenza may be the result of: ANS
Antigenic drift among strains of the influenza agent
The "columbian Exchange" refers to the origin of which disease? ANS syphilis
According to the movie Influenza, all of the following statements about Hemagglutinin and
Neuraminidase are true except: ANS Influenza viruses are classified into type A,B, and C based
on the combination of H and N.
What made the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 unique? ANS - Its acute course
- It mainly affected healthy young adults
- It attacked the victim's lungs causing severe pneumonia resulting in death
Syphilitic patients undergo different clinical stages, chancres are associated with: ANS Primary
Syphilis
Which of the following describes the classic three demons of malaria? ANS The clinical signs
that occur when the pathogen bursts out of the red blood cells.
The disease Rinderpest is caused by a: ANS Virus
The disease Tuberculosis is caused by a: ANS Bacterium
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran: ANS Was the first to discover that plasmodia caused malaria
while he was working in Algeria
The idea that some diseases are caused by and spread by contagains was proposed by: ANS
fracastoro
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