The Genesis of Germs Chapters 8-11

Question 1

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

Answer 1

E. coli O157H7

Question 2

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

Answer 2

1982

Question 3

The fourth horseman of the apocalypse represents:

Answer 3

pestilence and disease

Question 4

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

Answer 4

because they obeyed the health principles in Levitical law.

Question 5

Mycobacterium leprae has a generation time of:

Answer 5

12 days

Question 6

Why do hospitals seem to be hotbeds for resistant MRSA

Answer 6

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

Question 7

A 1993 outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in Milwaukee was caused by:

Answer 7

contaminated drinking water

Question 8

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

Answer 8

no

Question 9

The origin of infectious disease can be explained by:

Answer 9

man’s defenses. mobile genes, and the microbe

Question 10

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

Answer 10

protein

Question 11

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

Answer 11

re-emerging and increasing

Question 12

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

Answer 12

no

Question 13

Bird flu is caused by what strain?

Answer 13

H5N1

Question 14

The fifth horseman is:

Answer 14

Jesus Christ

Question 15

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

Answer 15

no

Question 16

Livor mortis is:

Answer 16

when the skin shows signs of blood build up, part of the physical death process, when skin color progressively changes from green to blue to purple then finally black

Question 17

What does Jehovah Rapha mean?

Answer 17

The God who heals

Question 18

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

Answer 18

West Nile Region of Uganda

Question 19

As few as ___ bubonic plague cells can cause death.

Answer 19

ten

Question 20

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

Answer 20

large urban areas, blood banks, jet planes

Question 21

Over 30 new or emerging diseases have occurred since the

Answer 21

1970s

Question 22

The word infection is derived from Latin, meaning:

Answer 22

“to mix with” “full of poison”

Question 23

What fraction of the earth’s population will see incredible devastation when the fourth horseman completes his ride?

Answer 23

¼

Question 24

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

Answer 24

the Bible

Question 25

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

Answer 25

no

Question 26

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

Answer 26

no

Question 27

plague in Scripture denotes:

Answer 27

pestilence and other calamities in nature

Question 28

What did researchers notice about people with Lyme disease?

Answer 28

They all lived in the same area. They were more likely to own pets.

Question 29

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

Answer 29

after man chose to sin

Question 30

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

Answer 30

no

Question 31

The plague bacillus is known as:

Answer 31

*Yersinia pestis*

Question 32

The number one hospital-acquired infection is \_\_\_.

Answer 32

MRSA