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| transmission of mycobacterium leprae |
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Definition
prolonged contact w/resp secretions of lepromatous patients
children are more susceptible
incubation: 3-20 yrs |
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| plaques on face, trunk, limbs |
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Definition
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| nodular skin lesions w/abundant AFB |
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Definition
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| thickening/loosening of face skin |
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Definition
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| bullseye rash/erythema migrans |
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Definition
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Term
| morphology of borella burgdorferi |
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Definition
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Definition
borellia recurrentis, hermsii, turicicatae
ornithodorus tick |
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Term
| Cowdry's Type A Inclusion Bodies |
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Definition
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Term
| Tzanck smear w/multinuc giant cells |
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Definition
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| Tzanck smear w/multinuc giant cells |
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Definition
| chronic pain syndrome that develops after herpes zoster (shingles) |
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| successive crops of lesions |
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Definition
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Term
| Which virus replicates in the cytoplasm? |
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Definition
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Term
| What 2 pox viruses infect man? |
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Definition
| orthopoxvirus (small pox) and mollusciopoxvirus (Molluscum contagiosum) |
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Term
| wart-like growth in clusters |
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Definition
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| How can you differentiate between lesions of varicella zoster and variola virus? |
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Definition
| varicella zoster lesions are in all different stages of development, and variola lesions are all in the same stage |
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Term
| What is unique about variola virus? |
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Definition
| replicates in cytoplasm, encodes/carries all proteins needed for mRNA synthesis, all lesions are in the same stage of development |
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