Immunology and disease

Question 1

Influenza organism type

Answer 1

virus

Question 2

Cholera organism type

Answer 2

gram negative bacterium

Question 3

Tuberculosis organism type

Answer 3

bacterium

Question 4

Malaria organism type

Answer 4

protoctista

Question 5

smallpox organism type

Answer 5

virus

Question 6

influenza pathogen

Answer 6

influenza

Question 7

cholera pathogen

Answer 7

Vibrio cholerae

Question 8

Tuberculosis pathogen

Answer 8

Myobacterium tuberculosis

Question 9

Malaria pathogen

Answer 9

Plasmodium

Question 10

Small pox pathogen

Answer 10

Variola major

Question 11

Influenza antigenic types

Answer 11

many antigenic types

Question 12

cholera antigenic types

Answer 12

two types causing illness

Question 13

tuberculosis antigenic types

Answer 13

several antigenic types

Question 14

malaria antigenic types

Answer 14

many antigenic types

Question 15

smallpox antigenic types

Answer 15

one antigenic type

Question 16

define antibiotics

Answer 16

substances produced by microorganisms which affect the growth of other microorganisms.

Question 17

Define antigenic types

Answer 17

organisms with the same or very similar antigens on the surface, such types are sub groups or strains of a microbial species which may be used to trace infections. they are usually identified by using antibodies from serum.

Question 18

Define carrier

Answer 18

a person who show no symptoms when infected by a disease organism but can pass the disease on to another individual.

Question 19

Define pandemic

Answer 19

an epidemic occurring worldwide, or a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people.

Question 20

Define disease reservoir

Answer 20

Where a pathogen is normally found; this may be in humans or another animals and may be a source of infection

Question 21

Define vaccine

Answer 21

uses non-pathogenic forms, products or antigens of micro-organisms to stimulate an immune response which confers protection against subsequent infection.

Question 22

Define infectious

Answer 22

a disease that may be passed or transmitted from one individual to another.

Question 23

define endemic

Answer 23

a disease, which is always present at low levels in an area

Question 24

define toxin

Answer 24

is a chemical produced by a microorganism which causes damage to its host

Question 25

define vector

Answer 25

a living organism which transfers a disease from one individual to another

Question 26

define antibiotic resistance

Answer 26

where a microorganism which should be affected by an antibiotic, is no longer susceptible to it.

Question 27

define epidemic

Answer 27

Where there is a significant increase in the usual number of cases of a disease often associated with a rapid spread.

Question 28

define pathogen

Answer 28

an organism that causes damage to its host.

Question 29

where does plasmodium affect first, then secondly?

Answer 29

liver then red blood cells

Question 30

When or where is malaria worse?

Answer 30

rain season or warmer regions

Question 31

Plasmodium reproduces…

Answer 31

asexually

Question 32

How does malaria cause death?

Answer 32

red blood cells clump together forming clots in main organs.