majury lec 2: public health

Question 1

what is a symptom?

Answer 1

affect of a illness which is experienced and reported by a patient

Question 2

what is a sign?

Answer 2

discovered by health care provider during an examination

Question 3

what is conjunctivitis?

Answer 3

inflamed eyes

Question 4

what are koplik’s spots?

Answer 4

white spots found in the mouth (cheek lining) associated with infection

Question 5

who is susceptible to measles?

Answer 5

mainly 6 months - 3 years old kids. winter time it is increased. Once immune to it always immune to it

Question 6

how is measles transmitted?

Answer 6

droplets i.e sneezing, it hs a very high transmission rate (80% secondary attack rate) )

Question 7

what is a major symptom of measles that can kill

Answer 7

pneumonia

Question 8

what do microbiology consultants do?

Answer 8

• work with other physicians to confirm if measles is present
• genotype measles strains

Question 9

what is serology?

Answer 9

with-drawl of blood

Question 10

where is measles shed?

Answer 10

urine and sneezing

Question 11

how does mumps infect you (5 steps)

Answer 11

1. enters respiratory tract
2. grows in salivary glands
3. virus spreads to spleen
4. viremia ^
   5 virus spreads throughout body to testes, ovaries, thyroid : this is the disease

Question 12

gram positive organisms are purple when stained

Answer 12

true

Question 13

what is an enriched media?

Answer 13

added nutrients encourage growth. i.e blood, glucose

Question 14

What is a characteristic media?

Answer 14

media supplemented with shit so that when microbes grow they exhibit specific characteristics

Question 15

selective media?

Answer 15

selects growth of some while inhibiting the growth of others

Question 16

differential media?

Answer 16

added agents to induce specific organisms to grow and be differentiated.

Question 17

what is zika virus?

Answer 17

vector borne virus transmitted by mosqutoes. +sense RNA