Medical Microbio

Question 0

Intermediary living organisms such as ticks

Answer 0

Vectors

Question 1

Study of disease within populations

Answer 1

Epidemiology

Question 2

Kills some but not all microbes present in inanimate objects . Microwaves , pasteurization , alcohols, halogens , hydrogen peroxide

Answer 2

Disinfection

Question 3

Killing all pathogens on inanimate objects . Extreme heat , radiation , ethylene gas.

Answer 3

Sterilization

Question 4

Pathogens on living tissue can be killed through?

Answer 4

Antiseptics

Question 5

Given through experiencing an infection once. Allows it not to experience the disease state again while memory cells are present

Answer 5

Active immunity

Question 6

Weakened or dead pathogen

Answer 6

Attenuated pathogen

Question 7

Direct transmission of antibodies though one source or another to acquire immunity. Mother to fetus or injection

Answer 7

Passive immunity

Question 8

Kill bacteria vs stop them from dividing

Answer 8

Bactericidal vs bacteriostatic

Question 9

How do antiviral agents work?

Answer 9

Provide faulty nucleotides to the virus ( reverse transcriptase inhibitors) , interfering with DNA replication