Microbiology exam (1 -4) review Questions of Latest Update with Answers which of the following can serve as a reservoir of infection? - Answer all of these - a sick person - a healthy person - a hospital - a sick animal cytopathic effects observed in host cells are used as an indicator of which type of infection - Answer Viral which is the most common type of nosocomial ( hospital acquired) infection in the U.S? - Answer Urinary tract infections (result of tubes in urinary tract introducing bacteria without being properly flushed out) which of the following can contribute to postoperative infections? - Answer all of these are correct - using syringes more than once - normal microbiota on the operating room staff - antibiotic resistance - errors in aseptic technique which of the following is a considered a zoonotic disease - Answer rabies Zoonotic - animals carrying a pathogen until it enters a new host which of the following is NOT a communicable disease? - Answer Botulism genetic change in bacteria (which are asex ual) can be brought about by - Answer all of these are correct - mutation - conjugation - viral transduction - transformation which of the following definitions is INCORRECT? - Answer secondary infection - a long lasting, relatively mild illness (Seco ndary infection - opportunistic infection after primary infection has weakened normal host defenses - often more severe than primary infections) what curve does the graph below show? - Answer the graph indicates a epidemic level curve which of the follow ing means of microbial entry is NOT an example of infection via the parenteral route? - Answer Through a hir follicle Parenteral route -direct introduction into the tissues the location where a pathogen can survive and replicate until it can enter a new host is called the - Answer reservoir
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