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1
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The body’s response to infection, invasion, allergies, or cancer

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Immunology

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2
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2 major immune pathways

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  1. innate response

2. adaptive response

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3
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repeat infections are cleared by which immune response

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adaptive

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4
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which immune response is triggered first always?

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innate response

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adaptive response

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triggered by the innate response and is specialized and long lasting (like the seal team 6 of the immune system)

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Which immune response responds the same every time?

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Innate

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Which cells are red in color?

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Red Blood Cells - the only cell in the body with color

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These types of Myeloid progenitors help with allergy and parasite response

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basophils, eosinophils, monocytes

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B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, and natural killer cells are what type of progenitors?

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Lymphoid Progenitor

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Kills antibody coated cells and virus infected or tumor cells

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Natural Killer Cells

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Produces antibody and presents antigen

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B cells

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has CD4 and CD8

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T cells

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CD4

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T cell that promotes immune response and activates B cells

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CD8

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T cell that kills viral, tumor, nonself cells (police of your cells)

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phagocytose (eat, envelope) and kill bacteria

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Neutrophils

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Best antigen presenters, typically trigger T cell response

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Dendritic Cells

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initiates inflammatory, antibacterial response with antiviral and antitumor activity

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Macrophages (Big Eater)

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Primary Lymphoid Organs

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Thymus and Bone Marrow

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Secondary Lymphoid Organs

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Bone Marrow, Spleen, Lymph Nodes, and more

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20
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where is lymphoid tissue located?

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lungs, intestinal tract, and urogenital tract

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21
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Where do T cells mature?

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Thymus

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22
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messengers between immune cells and important for initiating immune system

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cytokines

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when the cells spread apart to allow things to flow through the tissue after inflammatory response

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vasodilation

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caused by increased blood volume at injury

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inflammation

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25
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when leukocytes make it to an inflammatory site, they only phagocyte what?

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Unknown or foreign microbes

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type of cytokines that are chemo attractants to site of damage or infection

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chemokines

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27
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Signs of illness are signs of what?

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Healing

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aposis

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cell death

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29
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phagocyte types

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neutrophils, macrophages

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phagocytosis process

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  • bacteria is ingested, forming phagosome
  • phagosome fuses with lysosome
  • lysosome enzymes digest material
  • digestion products are released from the cell
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31
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Cells that can produce long acting memory cells

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B cells and T cells

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32
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Plasma cells secrete what?

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Antibodies

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33
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T cells only recognize proteins, so they can only activate B cells against protein antigens - T/F

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True

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34
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When antibodies bind to microbes or toxins, blocking them from interracting with target (body guard)

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Neutralization

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When antibodies bind to a microbe, making it more likely to be destroyed by phagocytes

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opsonization

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36
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when antibodies bind together several microbes, making them easier to clear from body

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agglutination

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37
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the process of stimulating protective adaptive immune response against microbes by exposure to nonpathogenic forms or components of microbes

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vaccination

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38
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2 types of vaccination

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  1. attenuated

2. subunit/ conjugate

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39
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Attenuated vaccines

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  • can’t infect the host but still retain antigens needed for a successful human response
  • can passage a microbe through another organism like a mouse until it won’t infect human cells
  • can mutate genome of microbe so that its virulence factors are non-functioning but still present for immune recognition
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Subunit/ Conjugate Vaccines

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  • Antigens are separated from microbe and injected into host to trigger immune response
  • inactivated toxins can be used in vaccines
  • polysaccarides do not trigger T cell responses
  • conjugating a polysaccharide with a protein will activate T cells and stimulate maturation of antibodies
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41
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Cholera vaccine is what?

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A live, attenuated vaccine

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42
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Causative agent for strep throat and is usually part of normal microbial flora, commonly found in upper respiratory tract

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Stretococcus Pyogens

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43
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Streptococcus Pnemoniae causes what?

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Pnemonia
drug resistance is common
gram positive, covered in a capsule

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44
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causative bacteria agent for whooping cough or kennel cough in dogs

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Bordetella Pertussis

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45
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Causative bacteria for TB?

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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

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46
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Why are TB infections increasing?

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Drug resistance

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47
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How is TB transmitted?

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By airborne droplets

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48
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2 types of TB infections

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  1. primary - hypersensitizes patient to bacteria and can be tested with tb skin test
  2. postprimary - chronic tb resulting in gradual spread of tb lesions in lungs
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49
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T/F - A positive TB skin test result does not mean the patient has an active infection

50
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TB treatment

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vaccine is called BCG (Bacillus Calmette - Guerin)
hospitalization of infected patient in a negative pressurized room
antimicrobial therapy - 9 month process

51
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Respiratory Airborne Diseases

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streptococcal diseases like strep, pnemonia, scarlet fever
Whooping cough
Tuberculosis

52
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Which viral diseases have been effectively controlled due to vaccines?

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Smallpox and Rabies…..examples

53
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Meningitis can be caused by what?

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Bacteria, fungus, virus, or protist

54
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meningitis

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  • non- respiratory airborne

- inflames the meninges, which are membranes that line the central nervous system, spinal cord, and brain

55
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most common type of meningitis, often in areas where people live close like army, college campus, prison

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Meningococcal meningitis

56
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varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes what?

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Chickenpox and Shingles (Herpes virus)

57
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most common infectious diseases

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colds

  • rhinoviruses positive single stranded RNA
  • most antivirals are not affective
58
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Influenza is caused by what?

59
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3 types of influenza

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A, B, C with A being most important human pathogen

60
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T/ F - Innate immune response responds the same way every time it sees a particular pathogen

61
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Which cells generate antibodies?

62
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B cells mature where?

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Bone Marrow

63
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Which cell type is typically the one to present antigen to B and T cells?

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Dendritic Cells

64
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Which is not a secondary lymphoid organ? Thymus, peyers patches, lymph node, spleen

65
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T/ F - Neisseria meningitis causes meningococcemia

66
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Respiratory diseases are spread through what vehicle?

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Aerosol droplets like airborne pathogens

67
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T/ F - Memory T cells are important for vaccine function

68
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Which infection does not have a vaccine?
Streptococcus Pyogenes
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Varicella - Zoster Virus

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Streptococcus Pyogenes

69
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STD’s AKA as

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Venereal Diseases

70
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STD pathogens are generally found where?

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body fluids from the genitourinary tract that are exchanged during sexual activity

71
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gonorrhea and syphilis

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  • preventable and treatable bacterial STI’s
72
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T/F - gonorrhea is usually asymptomatic in women

73
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T/F - syphilis has a low prevalence and exhibits obvious symptoms

74
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Syphilis is very treatable with what?

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Penicillin

75
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causative bactera agent for gonorrhea

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neisseria gonorrhoae

76
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untreated gonorrhea in women can lead to what?

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pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility

77
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gonorrhea symptoms in females

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mild vaginitis

78
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gonorrhea symptoms in males

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painful infection of urethral canal - usually end up in ER and men describe it’s like peeing razors

79
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Causative bacteria for syphilis

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treponema pallidum (spiral bacteria)

80
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T/ F - gonorrhea and syphilis are usually transmitted at the same time

81
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Syphilis can be transmitted to who during childbirth?

82
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3 stages of syphilis

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  1. primary
  2. secondary
  3. tertiary

penicillin is highly effective for primary and secondary infections

83
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syphilis used to be called what?

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The french disease because french prostitutes were known to have it and spread it to soldiers

84
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infects epithelial cells around the mouth and lips

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Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)

85
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how is herpes spread?

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Direct contact or saliva

86
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This virus type causes painful blisters on penis of male and cervix, vulva, or vagina on females

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Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2)

87
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How is HSV-2 transmitted?

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Sexual contact and most easily spread when blisters are present

88
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How do you cure genital herpes?

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It’s incurable, but a few drugs are successful in treating symptoms

89
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When was AIDS and HIV first identified?

90
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2 types of AIDS

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  1. HIV - 1 - more virulent

2. HIV - 2 - less virulent and causes milder AIDS like disease

91
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HIV tests

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  • must wait 2 weeks

- tests detect antibody response

92
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HIV treatment

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0 vaccine
4 classes of drugs delay symptoms
highly active antimicrobial therapy is used (HAART)

93
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AIDS/ HIV is caused by a retrovirus - T/F

94
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animal disease transmitted to humans

95
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how are animal diseases typically transmitted?

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bites, aerosols, direct contact

96
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enzoonotic

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present endemically in certain populations

97
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epizootic

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with incidences reaching epidemic proportions

98
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what are some animal reservoirs for rabies?

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skunks, coyotes, bats, raccoons

99
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how many people die annually from rabies?

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50,000 usually in developing countries

100
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how many people receive post exposure rabies care each year?

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over one million

101
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Causative virus for rabies

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rhabdovirus (-) strand RNA virus

  • infects cell in central nervous system
  • leads to death if not treated
  • enters body through wound or bite
  • in humans, 9 months may pass before onset of symptoms
102
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Rabies symptoms

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fever, excitation, dilated pupils, excessive salivation, anxiety, fear of swallowing

103
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anthropod transmitted diseases

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rickettsial disease (bacteria) 
lyme disease 
malaria (protist) 
west nile virus (virus)
plague (bacteria)
104
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3 types of ricketssial diseases

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  1. typhus (lice)
  2. Spotted fever (transmitted by dog and wood ticks and spread by tick feces) (30% mortaility rate without treatment) (Fever, headache, whole body rash, GI problems)
  3. Enlichiosis
105
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lyme disease

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  • spread by deer ticks
  • main reservoirs are deer and field mice
  • caused by borrelia burgdorferi
  • seen in Europe and Asia, but mainly in US
  • 40 - 60 % develop arthritis
  • can cause neurological damage and damage to heart
106
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malaria is caused by what?

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protist disease caused by plasmodium spp

107
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vectors for malaria

108
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malaria is common where?

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tropical and subtropical regions

109
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how many people die annually from malaria?

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over one million people

110
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Does malaria have a vaccine?

111
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This virus causes a 4% mortality rate in humans and 40% in horses

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West Nile Virus

112
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This has caused more human deaths in history than any other infectious disease

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The plague (bacteria caused)

113
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Vectors for the plague

114
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Causative bacteria for the plague

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Yersinia Pestis (Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria)

115
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Treatment for plague

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gentamycin and streptomycin

116
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Can the plague be airborne?

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Yes, it can be airborne with pnemonic plague

117
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Is the plague in the US?

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Yes, it’s endemic in south west and spread by prairie dogs

118
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Causative exotoxin agent of tetanus

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caused by exotoxin produced by clostridium tetanus

119
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How does tetanus enter body?

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Contaminated wound

120
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Diseases studied that have a vaccine

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Tetanus (exotoxin)
Rabies (Virus)
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Influenza (Virus) 
Chickenpox (Virus) 
Meningitis (virus, bacteria, fungal, protist)
Tuberculosis 
Whooping Cough 
Cholera

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