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Infectious Diseases Flashcards

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… cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

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prions

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untreatable, fatal neurodegenerative diseases like Mad Cow and Creutzfeldt-Jakob

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transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

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an abnormal/misfolded form of a host protein

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prion

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4
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prion protein is normally present in …

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neurons

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5
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obligate intracellular parasites?

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viruses

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viruses are composed of…

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nucleic acid genome, protein caspid, +/- lipid envelope

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predilection for infecting specific cell types?

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tropism

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acute tissue damages, neutrophils (pus), bacterial infections

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suppurative inflammation

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deep fungal infections, mycobacterial infections

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granulomatous inflammation

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viruses cause either cell necrosis or cell proliferation?

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cytopathic-cytoproliferative reaction

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