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ISB EXAM 3
ISB EXAM 3
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
11/02/2012

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Term
identify the top deadly emerging and neglected tropical diseases of the developing world
Definition

HIV/AIDS

malaria

tuberculosis

NTDs=taeniasis, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, schistosomiasis

Term
define disease
Definition

and abnormailty with

 

recognizable signs

recognizable symptoms

lab findings (tests)

typical pathophysiological sequence (progress)

Term
define emerging diseases
Definition
a disease that has appeared in a pop for the first time, or thay may have existed previously but is rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range
Term
define neglected disease
Definition
disease affecting 1 billion ppl, 1/3 of global pop, in exclusively impoverished nations so they are overlooked
Term
define infectious disease
Definition
diseases caused by pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses, or parasites that spread, directly or indirectly, from one organism to another
Term
define pathogen
Definition

any disease causing microorganism or agent

 

bacteria pathogen that causes tuberculosis

virus pathogen causes hiv/aids

parasite is pathogen that causes malaria

Term
define zoonotic disease
Definition
infectious diseases of animals that can cause disease when transmitted to humans
Term
diagram the pathway of transmission of a zoonitc disease
Definition

wildlife to humans

domestic animals to humans

other wildlife to humans

 

at least 58% of the emerging diseases that humans presently face are zoonotic in origin

Term
identify the pathogen that causes each of the top deadly emerging and ntds
Definition

malaria=parasitic protist

HIV/AIDS=virus

tuberculosis=bacterium 

NTDs= parasitic protises, parasitic invertebrates

Term
interpret a map related to the general trends in disease distribution, economy, and life expectancy/death rate
Definition

in class activity

 

relationship bt health care spending, GDP, disease rate, longevity and death rate

Term
recall that the US is 50th in infant morality rate in the world
Definition

okie dokie

 

the us has a higher infant mortality rate than all other developed countries

Term
define a virus as an obligate intracellular parasite
Definition
infectious agents that can repoduce only inside another cell by using a cell's structure and processes; obligate intracellular parasites
Term
identify and label the features of an animal virus
Definition
see notecard
Term
label the steps in the lysogenic and lytic cycles of virus reproduction
Definition
see notecard
Term
explain the assciation between the lysogenic cycle and disease symptoms/dormancy
Definition

viral genome gets incorporated into hosts genome

can lie in dormancy for short or long periods of time

enters biosynthesis when activated

Term
define a parasite and the difference bt macro- and micro- parasites
Definition

micro:

cannot be seen with the naked eye

usually transmitted directly bt hosts

ex:bacteria and viruses

 

macro:

can be seen with the naked eye

usually transmitted with intermediate host

diff life stages in diff hosts

ex: mites, ticks, worms, etc

Term
describe and label the life cycle of taenia
Definition
primary host to tape worm reproduction to mature eggs break off and mix with hosts feces, then enclosed larva in feces contaminate food, secondary host (cow) eats it, encysted larva in the meat, eaten by primary host (human)
Term
list the cultural practices that affect the transmission of taeniasis
Definition

undercooked pork

pork valued protein source

livestock reared near humans

poor sanitation=transmission between pigs and ppl

complete life cycle

Term

identify for leishmaniasis, and trypanosomiasis the following

intermediate host or vector

pathogen

symptoms

prevalence

Definition

leishmaniasis/visceral/cutaneous=phlebotomus sand fly

protozoan parasite/leishmania

high fever, weightloss, swelling of spleen and liver, anaemia, fatal if unstreated(visceral)

cutaneous=skill lesions treatable, not fatal

prevelance=nearly as prev and deadly as malaria(500,000ppl)

 

trypanosomiasis

tsetse fly

trypanosome parasitic protist

"blood phase"=fever headaches, joint pains, itching, anemia

"neurological phase"=confusion, reduced cord, disrupted sleep, fatigue followed by mania

prev=most deadly of ntds, 50,000ppl

Term
describe what is meant by an evolutionaly arms race between host defenses (or pharmaceutical treatment) and pathogens
Definition

they both adapt to one another.

bat to gun to same gun to new gun and so on(cartoon)

Term
illustrate the arms race bt drug treatment plans and response of leishmaniasis pathogens
Definition

pathogen is natural selection then goes to the drugs/immune evolutinary response. then this new response becomes the natural selection for drugs, then the pathogen evoulutionary responses to that

cartoon again

Term
describe how human culture influences the transmission of each disease
Definition

distribution of resources, culture, lifestyle, environment all work together to promote disease

 

intervention can make a huge impact on local communities all over the world

Term
describe the first cases of HIV, where, when, and in which  community
Definition
1981 los angeles in the gay community
Term
identify the first country that first documented HIV
Definition
france
Term
identify the location where HIV made the jump from ape to human
Definition

central africa local villages

 

congo?

Term
explain the cultural practices that allowed HIV to enter into humans and to spread
Definition

sharing needles in drug addicts

sharing needles to cure small pox

blood donations

 

Term

define "the cocktail"

 

Definition
A drug or set of drugs that prolongs life of HIV and keeps it down so it doesnt develop into AIDS. doesnt cure it tho
Term
identify the political events that lead to south africas increase in aids victims
Definition

Apartheid

miners from infected countries moving there

prostitute mothers and miners

Mandela focused more on keeping country together

Becky then tackles the aids problems

Term

explain why "the cocktail" and other treatments are only effective against HIV for short periods of time

 

Definition
since it only prolongs life. Keeps the number or viruses down so the helper t cells can fight off other diseases that could affect the immune system. doesnt cure it completely from aids
Term

identify the structural components of a retrovirus, such as HIV

 

Definition
see notecard
Term
recall that living cells take DNA, convert to RNA , and then translate the RNA into proteins
Definition
okie dokie
Term

recall that retroviruses carry RNA that must be converted to DNA before the cells protein synthesis machinery can create viral proteins

 

Definition

process

viral RNA-(reverse transcription)-DNA-(transcription)-mRNA-(translation)-protein

 

Reproduction

1)attachment

2) fusion and entry

3) uncoating

4) reverse transcription

5)replication

6)integration

7)biosynthesis

8)maturation

9)release

Term

describe how a virus, such as hiv, enters into immune cells

 

Definition

First infects macrophages: lysogenic dormancy

Then infects helper t cells: lytic biosynthesis

becomes aids when t cell count falls below a threshold

 

Term

discriminate between the lytic and lysogenic cycle of HIV, and what is happening in each of these cycles

 

Definition
lysogenice cycle of HIV since it also has dormancy in integration
Term

define what is meant by HIV dormancy

 

Definition
shows no symptoms of the virus and is integrating the DNA before biosynthesis
Term

explain in evolutionary terms why we have not been able to find a cure for HIV/AIDS

 

Definition
the cocktail the virus adapted to (an evolutionary response)
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