Immunology Part 6

Question 1

What is bacteria transmitted through?

Answer 1

Water droplets, contact, contaminated food, vectors

Question 2

How does bacteria reproduce and how can it be treated?

Answer 2

Reproduce through binary fission and can be treated with antibiotics

Question 3

How are viruses transmitted?

Answer 3

Coughing or sneezing, direct contact with bodily fluids

Question 4

How do viruses reproduce and how can they be treated?

Answer 4

Reproduce by taking over mechanics of cells to make copies, treated with antiviral drugs to interrupt the life cycle of the virus

Question 5

How are prions transmitted?

Answer 5

Through eating contaminated nervous tissue

Question 6

How are prions reproduced and how can they be treated?

Answer 6

When a prion meets a normal protein and changes it to the prion form, no current treatment

Question 7

How are protozoa transmitted?

Answer 7

Through contaminated water and vectors

Question 8

What is the treatment for protozoa?

Answer 8

Drugs such as anti-malarial

Question 9

What are the metabolic requirements for fungi and worms?

Answer 9

All fungi and worms are heterotrophic

Question 10

How are fungi transmitted and how can they be treated?

Answer 10

Through contact with spores, treated includes fungicides

Question 11

How are fungi reproduced?

Answer 11

Either sexually or asexually, through spores or binary fission

Question 12

How are worms transmitted and how can they be treated?

Answer 12

Through ingestion of eggs, treatment includes worming tablets or surgery

Question 13

How do worms reproduce?

Answer 13

Sexually, some worms are hermaphrodites

Question 14

How are arthropods transmitted?

Answer 14

Moving from host to host, larvae on grass or walking through an infected area

Question 15

What is the treatment for arthropods?

Answer 15

Insecticides

Question 16

Why are viruses considered to be a pathogenic agent?

Answer 16

They can only reproduce inside a host cell

Question 17

What was the pathogen which was the direct cause of the bubonic plague/Black Death?

Answer 17

Bacteria

Question 18

In a relationship between two organisms whereby one derives a benefit and the other does not, what are the two organisms called?

Answer 18

The organism that does not derive benefit = Host

The organism that derives benefit = Symbiont

Question 19

Why is a bee a pathogen, but not a parasite?

Answer 19

All parasites are pathogens, but not all pathogens are parasite. A bee is only a pathogen, because it is an organism which can cause disease, however it does not derive benefit from the human host.

Question 20

What is the cause of the Dengue Fever disease?

Answer 20

Virus

Question 21

What would the most successful antibiotic or disinfectant result in when placed on an agar plate?

Answer 21

A large zone of inhibition