Vibrio

Question 1

2 main infection by vibrio cholera

Answer 1

1. cholera

2. gastroenteritis

Question 2

virulense factor of cholera

Answer 2

1. wide range of PH
2. polar flagella - motile
3. pili- attachment
4. LPS lipid a endotoxin

Question 3

cholera toxin? receptor?

Answer 3

1. cholera toxin AB binds to GM1 gangliosider receptor (b)
2. toxin A catalysis 9 DP of Gs
3. cAMP increases
4. cAMP causes hypersecretion of electrolytes

Question 4

epidemic

Answer 4

infectious disease spread rapidly

Question 5

pandemic

Answer 5

global disease outbreak

happens during natural disasters

Question 6

how does V cholera adhere to mucosal cell

Answer 6

1. toxin co regulase pilus by tep complex

2. chemotaxis proteins encoded by cep genes

Question 7

how many pandemics cholera causes

Answer 7

7 since 1816

Question 8

resovoir of cholera

Answer 8

man and water

spreads thru ingestion o contaminant water and food

Question 9

vibrio parhaemolyticus casues

Answer 9

bacteril and seasfood gasteritis

Question 10

V vulnificis causes

Answer 10

septesemia

wound infection

Question 11

aeromonas causes

Answer 11

1. diarrhea disease
2. wound infection
3. opportunistic systemic disease