A characteristic that assists a microbe in causing disease is called correct answers A virulence factor
Indirect damage to a host organism can be caused by that host's excessive, inappropriate immune response. Such excessive, inappropriate immune responses can be triggered by bacterial correct a...
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A characteristic that assists a microbe in causing disease is called correct answers A virulence
factor
Indirect damage to a host organism can be caused by that host's excessive, inappropriate immune
response. Such excessive, inappropriate immune responses can be triggered by bacterial correct
answers Superantigens and endotoxin (lipid A)
Cholera toxin is an example of a bacterial exotoxin. The end result of the action of cholera toxin
is correct answers Severe diarrhea
Bacteria that have capsules on their surfaces correct answers Resist being engulfed by immune
system cells
An infection that exists with no symptoms of disease is called a correct answers Subclinical
infection
A patient first begins to notice symptoms of an infectious disease during the correct answers
Prodromal stage
TRUE statements concerning reservoirs of infection include correct answers Humans can serve
as reservoirs
Animals can serve as reservoirs
The main emphasis of epidemiology is correct answers Disease prevention and control
Infectious microbes expelled from the body during a sneeze can be transmitted to others by
correct answers Airborne transmission
Transmission by droplets
Disease-transmitting VEHICLES include all of the following EXCEPT correct answers Mice
Yersinia pestis bacteria are the cause of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic plague. These
bacteria can be transmitted to humans by correct answers Rat flea bites
Airborne transmission
Although he eventually discovered microbes, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek originally developed
microscopes so he could examine correct answers Fabric
Which development in disease prevention is attributed to Edward Jenner? correct answers
Vaccination to prevent smallpox
Which two diseases are thought to have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire? correct
answers Bubonic plague and malaria
, Leprosy causes damage to the correct answers Nerves and skin
The "overcoat" can best be described as a correct answers Crude condom meant to prevent
syphilis
According to your textbook, which early scientist was the first to introduce aseptic techniques to
prevent wound infections in medical settings? correct answers Joseph Lister
According to your textbook, ACAM 2000 is a new vaccine against ___________ that is
currently given only to military personnel. correct answers Smallpox
Which early scientist demonstrated that cholera could be transmitted by water? correct answers
John Snow
According to your textbook, between 1970 and 2010, the majority of human cases of plague in
the U.S. occurred in correct answers Arizona and New Mexico
All bacterial cells lack this component correct answers Nucleus
Phospholipid bilayer structure containing embedded proteins; regulates what substances can
enter and leave a cell correct answers Cell membrane
Provides strength to the cell's overall structure; helps prevent cell rupture correct answers Cell
wall
Circular molecule of DNA correct answers Bacterial chromosome
Structures that move a bacterial cell from place to place correct answers Flagella
Builds proteins within cells correct answers Ribosome
Contains stored material within cells correct answers Inclusion
Durable version of a bacterial cell; can survive poor environmental conditions correct answers
Endospore
Thick, sticky or slippery substance coating the outside of certain bacterial cells correct answers
Glycocalyx
Thin, rod-like structures found on the outside of certain bacterial cells; Used for attachment to
surfaces or host cells correct answers Fimbriae
Bacterial species with the ability to transform into endospores have the advantage of correct
answers Surviving unfavorable conditions better than other bacterial species
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