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| Dinoflagellates is what and causes what? |
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Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning.
Can cause Neurotoxins which attach to nerves and paralyze muscles. |
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| Constantly present in a community |
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| Intermediate hosts of Toxoplasmosis? |
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| Cows, birds, humans, etc. |
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| What areas of the body are normally loaded with Normal Flora? |
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| The skin and mucus membranes |
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| A packet of many Merozoites in a red blood cell. |
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| Ergot poison is caused by what? |
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| What do Antihelmithic drugs do? |
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| Paralyze the worm and detach the scolex from the intestinal wall. |
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| For the immuno-suppressed person, this disease will cause deadly diarrhea and will kill within days |
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| How does a person catch Ascariasis? |
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| By ingesting the ova from a fecally contaminated source. |
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| Symptoms of this disease only manifest in the extremely immuno-suppressed person. |
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| This disease is the leading killer of AIDS patients |
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| The adults of this disease die and pass in feces, but the incysted larvae will continue to affect your tissue for many years |
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| The end product of the Anopheles sexual multiplication |
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| fluid in tissue; swelling |
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| Why does inflammation occur? |
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| To dillute, wall off, or destroy a tissue invader; causes leakage |
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| disease producing ability |
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| Extremely common worm infection with hundreds of hosts |
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| these will crawl up you esophogus or out the holes in your body |
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| An animal place or thing from which an organism is obtained. |
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Enterotoxins damage what? What is the symptom?
Neurotoxins damage what?
Cytotoxins damage what? |
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Intestinal tissue. Diarrhea
nerves
cells, including vessels; leakage |
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| exotoxins are given different names based on what? |
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| based on which tissue they damage the most |
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| List 3 non-living reservoirs |
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| the difference between virulent and avirulent org's? |
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virulent are stronger, and have a higher degree of disease producing ability.
avirulent are weaker and have a very low degree of disease producing ability. |
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| Aflatoxin (Aspergillus) is caused by what? |
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| diseased blood; there is an organism multiplying in the blood. |
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| the presence of viruses in the blood |
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| the presence of bacteria in the blood |
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| global epidemic, a large portion of the world |
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| a sudden outbreak or a continuous hig in a certain area |
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| pattern of disease (5 parts) |
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Incubation-from entry of Org's to symptoms
Prodromal stage-warning signs before symptoms
Illness-full symptoms
Decline-symptoms lessen
Convalescence-return to normal |
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sporozoa definitive host definition?
sporozoa intermediate host definition? |
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-sexual multiplication
-asexual multiplication |
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define worms definitive host?
define worms intermediate host? |
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the host within which the adult stage occurs
the host within which the larval stage develops |
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| the worm disease in which the female will leave the intestine to lay her eggs |
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| an intestinal parasite transmitted from feces to mouth |
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dormant organism
these org's have the potentialto become triggered into activity. |
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| the lightweight particulate matter including dirt, dust, microbial cells that remain airborne after the water evaporates from the respiratory secretions. |
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| what are the body parts of a tapeworm? |
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scolex-the head-like structure (the head has suckers or hooklets)
proglottids-segments of the body (every proglottid has a male and female sex organ) |
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| oil associated with glands especially hair follicles. produced by sebaceous glands and keeps the skin lubricated |
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| what are monocytes and what do they do? |
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they are white blood cells (leukocytes) that can get out of vessels and into tissue.
When they leave the vessel they become macrophage. |
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| What are neutrophils and what do they do? |
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| they are white blood cells |
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| What are neutrophils and what do they do? |
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| they are white blood cells (leukocytes) and they can counteract small amounts of toxins. |
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| exposure to the oral secretions of another at close range. |
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| what are nozoconial diseases? |
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| hospital-acquired diseases (patient was not admitted with it) |
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| a disease caused by an organism whose natural reservoir is typically an animal other than a human. ex. rabies, salmonelosis |
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acute infections?
chronic infections? |
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-rapid onset, run a short period of time
-develop slowly and run over a relatively long period of time. |
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| what are 3 benefits of normal flora? |
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-aid in digestion
-supply us w/ vitamins
-microbial antagonism |
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| whta are 3 key things to remember about normal flora? |
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-permanent
-avirulent
-opportunistic |
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| what are the 2 types of infections? |
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-sub-clinical-no symptoms
-overt- obvious symptoms |
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| the genus that causes Malaria |
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| is congenital transmission possible for Malaria? |
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| yes for a merozoite, but not a whole red blood cell |
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| how is Trichuriasis transmitted? |
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| by ingesting the undercooked flesh of a contaminated host. |
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| a type of hemolytic anemia. too few red blood cells caused by lysing of |
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| a type of hemolytic anemia. too few red blood cells caused by lysing of red blood cells. |
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| definitive host of toxoplasmosis |
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| cats. the end product of the sexual cycle is shed in cat feces. |
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| the asexual form the sporozoites change into when they reach the liver; compatible with humans |
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| Taenia Saginata? definitive host? intermediate host? |
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| -the beef tapeworm -humans (by ingesting the incysted larvae) -cows |
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-raw/undercooked flesh of the intermediate host
-cat feces |
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| can Malaria reoccur in a person? |
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| yes- some merozoite will remain dormant in the liver and may reactivate later in life |
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| the female Anopheles mosquito |
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| what do the round worms need to do in order to grow to adults? |
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| break out of the G I tract, get into circulation, reach the lungs to mature, and get back to the intestines |
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| any time there is entry of and multiplication of a microorganism in or on the body |
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| what are the three main opportunities for opportunistic organisms? |
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Large #'s
debilitation
unfamiliar area |
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| the natural place of survival for an organism |
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what is a common vehicle?
what is the most common common vehicle? |
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| an inadament (non-living) source responsible for transmitting a disease causing organism to atleast a few people |
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| animals, usually insects responsible for the transmission of disease causing organisms |
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