Agents of Infectious Disease

Question 1

_________ are protein particles that lack any kind of demonstrable genetic material, mutated forms of a normal host protein.

Answer 1

PRIONS

Question 2

What do prions aggregate in the brain and form?

Answer 2

PLAQUES

Question 3

How are prions caught?

Answer 3

MAY BE INHERITED
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CANNIBALISM
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EATING ANIMALS INFECTED BY A PRION (MAD COW)

Question 4

What is the treatment for prions?

Answer 4

PALLIATIVE

Question 5

Name the 4 organisms which combine the characteristics of viruses and bacteria, and need a host to survive?

Answer 5

RICKETTSIA
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CHLAMYDIA
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COXIELLA
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MYCOPLASMA

Question 6

What does rickettsia cause?

Answer 6

TYPICAL RASH (WRIST/ANKLE)
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SMALL HEMMORAHGES
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FLU VIRUS SYMPTOMS

Question 7

What does chlamydia cause?

Answer 7

STI leading to
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
WOMEN* STERILITY
INFANTS* EYE INFECTIONS and PNEUMONIA

Question 8

What does coxiella cause?

Answer 8

Q FEVER
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FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS
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CAN BECOME SYSTEMIC

Question 9

What do mycoplasmas commonly cause?

Answer 9

PNEUMONIA

Question 10

__________ are free living eukaryotic saprophytes found in every habitat on earth.

Answer 10

FUNGI

Question 11

__________ is a harmless fungus normally present on skin, common cause of vaginal infection, and opportunistic in immunosuppressed patients.

Answer 11

CANDIDA

Question 12

Name the 2 types of fungi?

Answer 12

YEASTS
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MOLDS

Question 13

Molds grow in long filaments called __________.

Answer 13

HYPHAE

Question 14

The term ____________ has evolved to designate members of the animal kingdom that infect and cause disease in other animals.

Answer 14

PARASITE

Question 15

Helminths (worms) and arthropods (tics, mosquitos, flies, fleas, lice, mites) are _______________.

Answer 15

PARASITES