More Micro Flashcards
Which fungal disease infects nail beds?
A) Tinea Unguium
B) Tinea Capitis
C) Candida Albicans
D) Histoplasmosis
Tinea Unguium
WHich protozoal disease is NOT acquired through the alimentray tract?
A) Giardiasis
B) Malaria
C) toxoplasmosis
D) Amebiasis
Malaria
Systemic fungal infections usually affect the…
A) Blood
B) Lungs
C) Intestines
D) Skin
Lungs
Which parasite migrates to the anal region at night to lay eggs, which are scratched off and consumed by the host?
A) Trichinosis
B) Scabies
C) Ascariasis
D) hookworms
Scabies
Which is the fish tapeworm?
A) Taenia Saginata
B) Taenia Solium
C) Diphyllobothrium Lathum
D) Echinococcus Granulosis
Diphyllobothrium Lathum
The disease produced by trypanosoma is…
A) African sleeping sickness
B) Dysentery
C) Malaria
D) Yellow Fever
African sleeping sickness
Whichs scientist began the trend of sterilizing or disinfecting surgical equipment to minimize disease transmission?
A) Joseph Lister (Listerine… Mind blown…)
B) Robert Koch
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Edward Jenner
E) Caitlin Jenner
Lister used carboxylic acid
WHich cells produce cytokines that activate helper and cytotoxic t-cells?
A) Lymphocytes
B) Platelets
C) Basophils
D) Macrophages
Lymphocytes
Which epidemiologic term is defined as “the number of deaths due to a disease divided by the total population?”
A) Prevelance
B) Morbidity rate
C) Mortality rate
D) Incidence
Mortality
The animal reservoir for anthrax is…
A) Parrots
B) Dogs
C) Pigs
D) Cattle
Cattle
Which cells do not arise from myeloblasts?
A) Neutrophils
B) Eosinophils
C) Basophils
D) Natural Killer Cells
NKC
What type of cells is most effective at combating viral infections?
A) Neutrophils
B) Basophils
C) Lymphocytes
D) MAcrophages
Lymphocytes
What type of hypersensitivity reaction is antibody mediated?
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
II
Which substances used in the gram staining procedure colors the gram positive bacteria?
A) Crystal Violet
B) Iodine
C) Alcohol
D) Safranin
Crystal Violet
Which is the smallest, most numerous immunoglobin?
A) IgA
B) IgM
C) IgG
D) IgG
IgG
Which bacteria is leats likely to cause food poisoning?
A) E. Coli
B) Staph Aureus
C) Clostridium Perfringes
D) Strep Pyogenes
Strep Pyogenes
Which organism was the original reason for the widespread pasteurization of milk?
A) brucellosis
B) Clostridium
C) Helicobacter
D) E. Coli
Brucellosis
Which arthropod vector is most likely to transmit lyme disease?
A) mosquitos
B) Sarcoptic Mites
C) Dermacentor species of ticks
D) Ixodes species of ticks
Ixodes species of ticks
Which disease is transmitted by consumption of infected neural tissue?
A) Clostridium Botulinum
B) Giarda Lamblia
C) Crutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
D) Toxic Shock syndrome
Crutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Which herpes virus is most likely to be spread through respiratory secretions?
A) Herpes Simplex 1
B) Varicella-Zoster virus
C) Herpes SImplex 2
D) Epstein-barre virus
Varicella-Zoster virus
