Ebola - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ð Define 'emerging diseases' and provide examples Correct Answer-A disease which has a appeared for the first time or may have existed but is increasing in incidence - has potential to cause wide spread disease Example: COVID -19, plague, ebola, anthrax, MERS, SARS ð What is the hallmark sign of an infection? Correct Answer-inflammation? ð Describe the effects of bacterial endotoxins (lipopolysaccharide LPS) Correct Answer-contained in cell wall of gram (-) bacterial are re...

Adenoviruses - respiratory infections Arboviruses - arthropod-borne viruses Bordetella pertussis - Pertussis (whooping cough) Borrelia burgdorferi - causes lyme disease Candida albicans - Topical azoles (vaginitis); nystatin, fluconazole, caspofungin (oral/esophageal); fluconazole, caspofungin, amphotericin B (systemic) Chalmydia trachomatis - a sexually transmitted infection caused by a bacterium Clostridium botulinum - causes botulism Clostridium difficile - C. diff. Colitis. Inflammat...

NUR 221 Exam 1 Pathophysiology Liberty University Question and answers already passed 2024/2025 NUR 221 Exam 1 Pathophysiology – ECPI, nurs 221 fluid n electrolytes What is an example of Percentage; in 2001 the CDC estimated a 20.9% obesity rate of adults in the US. - correct answer Prevalence What is an example of a Pandemic - correct answer Ebola What begins when a disease spreads across continents. - correct answer A Pandemic What is a Dramatic Increase in disease in...

Bio-safety Course; Questions & Answers 100% Verified Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a human pathogen with an inhalation route of exposure, a low infectious dose and is capable of causing severe disease, including death, is representative of which Risk Group? Correct answer-Risk Group 3 How many different Risk Groups have been establishes for categorizing Pathogen severity and risk assessment starting point? Correct answer-4 Ebola virus is an example of a pathogen associated with which R...

WHEN WAS SMALLPOX TRANS FROM EUROPE TO AMERICAS - 1519 A.D WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF ACUTE INFECTION IN HUMANS? - VIRUS WHAT IS A VIRUS OUTSIDE THE CELLS CALLED? - VIRION WHAT ARE 2 PHASES FOR VIRUS AS AN ORGANISM - 1) OUTSIDE THE CELLS 2) AND THE VIRUS INSIDE THE INFECTED CELL ARE VIRUS CELLULAR ORGANIM? - NO Why is severe viral disease bad for the host and th virus - the goal of the virus is to, live and rpelicate within an organism, but if the organism dies then they die aswell ...

biosafety level 1 CORRECT ANSWER Well-characterized agents which do not cause disease in healthy humans -ex: e. coli BSL2 CORRECT ANSWER Moderate potential hazard to humans and the environment (cause mild disease and/or are difficult to contract in the laboratory) -ex: HIV, Zika BSL3 CORRECT ANSWER Can cause serious and potentially lethal disease via inhalation -Mycobacterium tuberculosis BSL4 CORRECT ANSWER Agents that are easily transmitted via aerosols and cause severe to fatal di...

NMU CLS-M: Mycology, Virology, and Parasitology Practicum Exam Already Passed A germ tube-negative yeast is isolated in the laboratory. The isolate is found to be negative for urease and unable to assimilate dextrose, maltose, or sucrose. CMT agar morphology showed blastoconidia only. The organism is most likely: Select one: a. Candida albicans b. Candia parapsilosis c. Torulopsis glabrata d. Geotrichum candidum Torulopsis glabrata One of the most critical diagnostic criteria in...

biosafety level 1 CORRECT ANSWER Well-characterized agents which do not cause disease in healthy humans -ex: e. coli BSL2 CORRECT ANSWER Moderate potential hazard to humans and the environment (cause mild disease and/or are difficult to contract in the laboratory) -ex: HIV, Zika BSL3 CORRECT ANSWER Can cause serious and potentially lethal disease via inhalation -Mycobacterium tuberculosis BSL4 CORRECT ANSWER Agents that are easily transmitted via aerosols and cause severe to fatal di...

Describe role of WHO in monitoring/preventing/planning of infectious diseases correct answers · Advocates universal healthcare, monitors public health risks, coordinates responses to medical emergencies and promotes human health and wellbeing · Small pox eradication- 1977 - mass vaccination, surveillance, containment, ring vaccination · Yaws - reduced by 95% by mass treatment campaign · Polio - reduced cases by 99.9% beginning 1988. Can declare public health emergency of international co...

NRS 428VN Topic 2 Assignment; Epidemiology Paper - Ebola