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1
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Trypanosoma Brucei is classified by?

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Protozoan with flagella

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How would you test to determine if you are infected by Trypanosoma Brucei

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by finding the parasite in body fluid or tissue by microscope

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How does Trypanosoma brucei infect a human?

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through either vector (tsetse fly) or the blood of the ingested animal

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What diseases and symptoms does Trypanosoma brucei cause

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sleeping sickness
skin rash extreme fatigue
swollen lymph nodes
personality changes
death if untreated
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How do you treat a patient infected with Trypanosoma brucei?

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Pentamidine

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Influenza virus A is classified by

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enveloped

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How would you test to determine if you are infected by Influenza virus

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can be diagnosed on symptoms alone or rapid tests

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how does influenza virus infect a human

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  • droplet contact
  • direct or inndirect contact
  • inhalation virus laden aerosol and droplets
  • formite
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What disease does Influenza Virus A cause and what are the symptoms?

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Flu

  • chills
  • cough and body aches
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how do you treat a patient infected with Influenza virus A?

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Antiviral drugs

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How is Bacillus anthracis classified?

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  • Gram positive
  • Aerobic
  • endospore
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How do you determine if you are infected with Bacillus Anthracis?

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Biopsy of skin sores

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How does Bacillus Anthracis infect a human?

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  • exposure to infected animals or tissue

- by eating undercooked meat from infected animals

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What diseases does Bacillus Anthracis cause and what are the sypmtoms

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Anthrax

  • sore on skin
  • stomach pain
  • chest discomfort
  • shortness of breath
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How do you treat a patient infected with Bacillus Anthracis?

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Antibiotics like penicillin

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How is Listeria Monocytogenes classified?

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  • Aerobic
  • Gram Positive
  • Non spore forming
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How would test to see if you are infected with Listeria Monocytogenes

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blood, cerebrospinal fluid or other body fluids

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How does Listeria monocytogenes infect a human?

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  • contaminated vegetables
  • contaminated animals
  • uncooked meats and vegetables, soft cheese, deli cold cuts and unpasteurized milk
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What disease does Listeria Monocytogenes cause and what are the symptoms

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Listeriosis
-stiff neck
-confusion
weakness

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how would you treat a patient with Listeria monocytogenes

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IV antibotics

-penicillin or ampicilian

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how is Staphlococcus Aureus classified

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Gram positive

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How would you detect if you infected by staphylococcus aureus

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  • Cocci

- specimen is obtained and sent to lab

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How does Staphylococcus Aureus infect a human

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  • air droplets or aerosol
  • direct contact with objects that are contaminated
  • bites from infected persons or animals
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What disease Does Staphylococcus Aureus cause and what are the symptoms

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-infection after surgery
-superficial skin infections
-UTI
-Food poisoning and gastrointestinal tract infections
-infection of organs or medical devices like joint prostheses and artificial heart valves
blood infections

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How do you treat a patient infected with Staphlococcus Aureus

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Penicillin

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How is Giardia Lamblia classified

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  • Flagella

- anaerobe

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How do you test to determine if you are infected by Giardia Lamblia?

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  • Antigen test

- ova or parasite examination of stool

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How does Giardia Lamblia infect a human

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  • Fecal oral route

- water

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what disease and/or symptoms does Giardia Lambila cause

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GIARDIASIS

  • excessive gas
  • pale/greasy stool
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How do you treat Giardia Lamblia

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  • Antibiotics
  • alternative treatments form plants
  • low carb diet
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How do you classify Variola Virus

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Enveloped

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32
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How would you test to determine if you are infected with Variola Virus

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based on clinical appearance

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How does Variola Virus infect humans

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droplet contact
indirect contact
formites

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what disease and/or symptoms does Variola Virus cause

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SMALL POX

-rash on throat and face and spreads to extremities

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how do you treat Variola Virus

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No treatment but antibiotics can be used to treat lesions

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How do you classify Vibrio Cholerae

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Gram negative

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How do you test to determine if you are infected by Vibrio Cholerae

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Stool specimen

rectal swab

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How does Vibrio Cholerae infect humans

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ingestion contaminated water and shell fish

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what are the disease and/or symptoms that Vibrio Cholerae cause

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  • Watery diarrhea (rice water stools)
  • rapid heart rate
  • loss of skin elasticity
  • dry mucous membranes
  • low blood pressure
  • thirst
  • muscle cramps
  • restlessness or irritability
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How do you treat someone with Vibrio Cholerae

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Rehydration therapy
antibotic treatment
zinc treatment

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Yersina Pestis is classified as

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Gram Negative

Anaerobic

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42
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How do you test for Yersina Pestis

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Blood test
Sputnam
Fluid samples from boils

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How does Yersina Pestis infect humans

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Flea Bites
Airbourne
Rodents
Wild animals

44
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What disease and/or symptoms does Yersina Pestis cause

A 
BUBONIC PLAGUE
PNEUMONIC PLAGUE
SEPTICEMIC PLAGUE
-muscle fatigue
-bleeding from mouth
-gangrene
-shock
-difficulty breathing 
-death
45
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what treatment would you give a patient with Yersina Pestis

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Powerful antibotics

46
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How is Norovirus classified

A

Non enveloped virus

47
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How would you test to see if you are infected with the norovirus

A

check for symptoms

48
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How does Norovirus infect humans

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  • water
  • food (raspberries, salad, sandwiches and shell fish
  • Animal reservoir
  • person to person
  • environmental
49
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What disease and/or symptoms does Norovirus cause

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GASTROENTERITIS

  • abdominal pain
  • cramping
50
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how do you treat a patient with Norovirus

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Replacing fluids lost

51
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Streptococcus Pneumonia is classified

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Gram Positive

anaerobic

52
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how do you test to see if you are infected with streptococcus Pneumonia

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  • Sputum
  • Urine
  • Blood
  • cerebrospinal fluid
53
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How does Streptococcus Pneumonia infect humans

A

person to person

54
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what disease and/symptoms does Streptococcus pneumonia cause

A 
BACTEREMIA
MENINGITIS
PERITONIA
SEPSIS
OSTTEOMYEITIS 
PNEUMONIA
SINUSITIS
-cough
-fever
-shaking
 -fast shallow breathing
-chest pain
55
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how do you treat Streptococcus Pneumonia

A

antibiotics

56
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How is Helicobacter Pylori classified

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Gram Negative

57
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How do you test to determine if you are infected with H. Pylori

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  • Xray
  • Endoscopy
  • Blood
  • Stool
  • Urea
58
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How does H.Pylori infect a human

A

Unknown
contaminated water and food
person to person

59
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what disease and/or symptoms does H.Pylori cause

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Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer disease and rarely stomach cancer

  • Minor belching
  • bloating
  • dark or tar like stool
  • decreased appetite
  • Nausea and vomiting
60
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How do you treat H. Pylori

A

combination of Antibiotics and Proton pump H2 blockers

surgery to treat stomach ulcers

61
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How do you classify Toxoplasma Gondii

A

Amoeboid Motion

62
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How do test for Toxoplasma Gondii

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  • serological test

- cultural and histological analysis

63
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How does Toxoplasma Gondii infect humans

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  • Zoonotic
  • feces of the common house cat
  • consumption of Toxoplasma Gondii tissue cyst in undercooked meats
64
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what disease and/or symptoms does Toxoplasma Gondii cause

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TOXOPLASMOSIS

  • sore throat
  • lymph node enlargement
  • muscle aches
  • low grade fever
65
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how do you treat Toxoplasma Gondii

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Pyrimethamine
leucovorin
sulfadiazine

66
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How is Acaris Lumbricodies classified

A

gram positive and negative

67
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How do you test to determine if you have Acaris Lumbricodies

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-pieces of itself or eggs in you feces

68
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How does Acaris Lumbricodies infect humans

A

-contaminated food

69
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what symptoms and/or diseases does Acaris Lumbricodies cause

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NO SYMPTOMS

70
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how do you treat Acaris Lumbricodies

A

Mebendazole

71
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how do you test for naegleria fowleri

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There is no test

72
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How does naegleria fowleri infect humans

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-water containing the ameba enters nose

73
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what disease and/or symptoms does naegleria fowleri cause

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  • swelling in the brain
  • adrupt bifrontal and bitemporal headache
  • fever
  • nausea and vomiting
  • encephalitis
74
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how do you treat naegleria fowleri

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No treatment

75
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How do you test to see if you are infected with Trichophyton

A

symptoms would give it away

76
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how do you transmit Trichophyton

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socks
shoes
soggy wet environments

77
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what disease and/or symptoms does Trichophyton cause

A 
RING WORM
ATHLETE FOOT
JOCK ITCH
NAIL BED PROBLEMS
-itchy, ring like raised circle
-peeling, itchy, foul oder
-discoloration, loss of nail
78
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how do you treat Trichophyton

A

-topical or oral antifungal

79
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How is Shigella classified

A

Gram negative
-non motile
non spore forming

80
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how do you test for Shigella Dysenteriae

A

-Stool

81
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how does Shigella Dysenteriae infect humans

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  • Fecal Oral route
  • ingesting contaminated food
  • drinking, swimming, or playing in contaminated water
82
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what disease and/or symptoms does Shigella Dysenteriae cause

A

SHIGA TOXINS

  • severe diarrhea
  • abdomnial cramping
83
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how do you treat Shigella Dysenteriae

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  • Innate defense

- normal flora

84
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how do you classify Clostridium Tetani

A

Gram positive

85
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how do you test for Clostridium Tetani

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Physical exam

medical and immunization history

86
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How does Clostridium Tetani infect humans

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  • contaminated wounds
  • injections
  • surgery
  • burns
  • punctures
  • animals
  • bites
  • ear and dental infections
87
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what disease and/or symptoms does Clostridium Tetani cause

A

TETANUS

  • lock jaw
  • neck, back and muscles contraction/rigidity
  • reflex spasms
  • difficulty swallowing
88
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how do you treat Clostridium Tetani

A

No Cure

89
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Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) is classified

A

enveloped

90
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how do you test for Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)

A

blood test

91
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how does Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) infect humans

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  • person to person
  • saliva
  • possible blood transfusion
92
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what disease and/symptoms does Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) cause

A

HODKIN DISEASE
CANCER OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
ENLARGED SPLEEN AND LYMPH NODES

93
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how do you treat Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)

A

No treatment for Vaccines

94
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how do you test for Trichinella Spiralis

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  • blood count
  • Creatine Kinase level
  • muscle biopsy
95
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how does Trichinella Spiralis infect humans

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-digestion of infected pork

96
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what disease and/or symptoms does Trichinella Spiralis cause

A

TRICHINELLOSIS

ZOONOTIC DISEASE

97
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how do you treat Trichinella Spiralis

A

antifungal medication

98
Q

how is mycobacterium tuberculosis classified

A
  • enveloped

- non motile

99
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how do you test for mycobacterium tuberculosis

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  • Mantoux test
  • chest xray
  • acid fast stain
100
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how does mycobacterium tuberculosis infect humans

A

through the air

101
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what disease and/or symptoms does mycobacterium tuberculosis cause

A

PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND EXTRA PULMONARY TUBERCULSOSIS

  • fever
  • violent/blood /greenish coughing
  • lymph nodes, kidneys, long bones, GI Tract, brain, meninges
102
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how do you treat mycobacterium tuberculosis

A

antibiotic

103
Q

how is Entamoeba Histolytica classified

A

Gram negative

enveloped

104
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how do you test for Entamoeba Histolytica

A

blood test
stool sample
biopsy

105
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how does Entamoeba Histolytica infect humans

A

person to person

oral fecal route

106
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what disease and/or symptoms does Entamoeba Histolytica cause

A 
amoebiasis
Amebic dysentery
-internal inflammation 
-stomach pain
-bloody stools, and fever
107
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how do you treat entamoeba Histolytica

A

antibiotics

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