The Genesis of Germs Chapters 8-10

Question 1

While the Egyptians were experiencing plagues, why were the Israelites protected?

Answer 1

because they obeyed the health principles in Levitical law.

Question 2

The number one hospital-acquired infection is ___.

Answer 2

MRSA

Question 3

Is COVID19 virus is the most common viral infection in humans of all time?

Answer 3

no

Question 4

The plague bacillus is known as:

Answer 4

Yersinia pestis

Question 5

Why do hospitals seem to be hotbeds for resistant MRSA

Answer 5

because so many different strains are being thrown together with so many doses of antibiotics.

Question 6

Has the reason for the increase of flesh-eating bacteria been established.

Answer 6

no

Question 7

Is Influenza A virus is as virulent in birds as it is in humans?

Answer 7

no

Question 8

A 1993 outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in Milwaukee was caused by:

Answer 8

contaminated drinking water

Question 9

Many people were proclaiming victory over germs; however, new ones emerge due to:

Answer 9

large urban areas, blood banks, jet planes

Question 10

Where was the West Nile encephalitis (WNE) first diagnosed in ___ in 1937.

Answer 10

West Nile Region of Uganda

Question 11

Is the presence of E. coli 0157:H7 in the human intestine a normal occurrence?

Answer 11

no

Question 12

Over 30 new or emerging diseases have occurred since the

Answer 12

1970s

Question 13

The increasing incidence of new plagues indicates that infectious diseases are not only not disappearing, but also seem to be: ______________.

Answer 13

re-emerging and increasing

Question 14

The bacterium that appears to have picked up a pathogenicity island and causes a common food-borne illness is:

Answer 14

E. coli O157H7

Question 15

The origin of infectious disease can be explained by:

Answer 15

man’s defenses. mobile genes, and the microbe

Question 16

Bird flu is caused by what strain?

Answer 16

H5N1

Question 17

The word infection is derived from Latin, meaning:

Answer 17

“to mix with” “full of poison”

Question 18

Medical principles of washing of hands, quarantines, and facemasks were first recorded in:

Answer 18

the Bible

Question 19

When did bacteria and other microbes undergo mutation and other degenerative processes?

Answer 19

after man chose to sin

Question 20

Mycobacterium leprae has a generation time of:

Answer 20

12 days

Question 21

E. coli 0157:H7 was first discovered in _________.

Answer 21

1982

Question 22

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as “mad cow disease,” is one of a handful of diseases caused by an infectious__________ called a prion:

Answer 22

protein

Question 23

Do microorganisms found on healthy skin make it vulnerable to pathogens?

Answer 23

no

Question 24

What did researchers notice about people with Lyme disease?

Answer 24

They all lived in the same area.

They were more likely to own pets.

Question 25

Do comparisons of Hantavirus genes suggest that this is a new virus.

Answer 25

no