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| What is the function of the interleukin? IL 1 |
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| Produced by macrophage induces inflammation |
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| What is the function of the interleukin? IL 2 |
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| What is the function of the interleukin? IL 10 |
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| Anti-inflammatory produced by Th2 helper Tcells |
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| What is the function of the interleukin? IL 12 |
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| Activate Th1 killer T cells, NKC proliferation |
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| What is the function of the interleukin? IL4 |
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| Activate Th2 helper Tcels, B cell proliferation & IgE production |
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| What is the function of the interleukin? IL 13 |
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| Anti-inflammatory; Increase IgE production |
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| Which type of T cell help B cells with isotype switching and what ligand is needed? |
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| Th2 helper cells, CD40 ligand on the T cell (CD40 on the B-cell) |
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| T cells are produced in the ___ and mature in the ____. |
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| Which marker on the B cell allows EBV to bind to it? |
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| What maker do NK cells have? |
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| What marker prevents Bcell from being attacked by NK cells? |
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| Which form of the Protozoa is found in the feces? |
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Definition
| The cyst form, it is more resistant to the environment |
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| Name the protozoa: Causes severe diarrhea with fatty stools, found in the USA around wooded areas, has a grandfather clock face nucleus. |
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| Name the protozoa: Stains acid fast, GI illness in HIV patients |
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| Name the protozoa: Causes STIs, Women with fishy discharge from vagina, male partner is usually asymptomatic, Trophozoite seen on secretion smears |
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| Name the protozoa: Ameoebic, swimming in contaminated water goes through the cribriform plate, found in Florida & Texas, aka the Brain Eating Amoeba |
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| What is the vector for African Sleeping sickness and what organism causes it? |
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| Tsetse fly, Trypanosoma gambiense |
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| What is the vector for Chagas disease and what organism causes it? |
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| Reduviid bug, Trypanosoma cruzi |
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| What are the sequelae of Chagas diseas (trypanosome cruzi)? |
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| Megacolon and endocarditis |
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| The sand fly is responsible for the transmission of which organism found mostly in the Caribbean and Middle East? |
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| What type of mosquito transmits plasmodium responsible for causing malaria? |
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| Toxoplasma gondii is transmitted in ___ and can cause ___ in HIV patients and cross the placenta in pregnant women. |
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| Cat feces, focal brain masses |
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| In laymans terms what are helminthes? |
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Choose the correct Protozoa:
Causes lung infections, transmitted in crab meat
a) Fasciola bupski
b) Clnorchis sinensis
c) Paragonimus westermanii
d) Schistosoma spp
e) Heterophyes heterophyes
f) Fasciola hepatica |
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| c) Paragonimus westermanii |
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Choose the correct Protozoa:
Transmitted by fish and eating raw sushi, causes gallbladder infections
a) Fasciola bupski
b) Clnorchis sinensis
c) Paragonimus westermanii
d) Schistosoma spp
e) Heterophyes heterophyes
f) Fasciola hepatica |
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Choose the correct Protozoa:
Causes lung infections, transmitted in crab meat
a) Fasciola bupski
b) Clnorchis sinensis
c) Paragonimus westermanii
d) Schistosoma spp
e) Heterophyes heterophyes
f) Fasciola hepatica
Choose the correct Protozoa:
Causes liver infections, found in vegetables and plants in places where hygiene is poor
a) Fasciola bupski
b) Clnorchis sinensis
c) Paragonimus westermanii
d) Schistosoma spp
e) Heterophyes heterophyes
f) Fasciola hepatica |
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Choose the correct Protozoa:
Is a blood fluke (aka trematode), causes GI & GU manifestations, transmitted by SNAILS, found in asia and africa, can cause bladder cancer
a) Fasciola bupski
b) Clnorchis sinensis
c) Paragonimus westermanii
d) Schistosoma spp
e) Heterophyes heterophyes
f) Fasciola hepatica |
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Choose the protozoa (helminthe):
Causes GI ilness, contaminated sushi, causes B12 deficiency
a)Enterobius vermicularis
b) Ascaris spp
c) Diphilbothrium latum
d) Taenia solium
e) Taenia saginata |
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Choose the protozoa (helminthe):
Transmitted in undercooked pork, can cause seizures with focal masses on MRI
a)Enterobius vermicularis
b) Ascaris spp
c) Diphilbothrium latum
d) Taenia solium
e) Taenia saginata |
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Choose the protozoa (helminthe):
Most common,
a)Enterobius vermicularis
b) Ascaris spp
c) Diphilbothrium latum
d) Taenia solium
e) Taenia saginata |
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Choose the protozoa (helminthe):
Causes itching around the anus, can be diagnosed by the Scotch Tape test, transmitted by children eating sand
a)Enterobius vermicularis
b) Ascaris spp
c) Diphilbothrium latum
d) Taenia solium
e) Taenia saginata |
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| a) Enterobius vermicularis |
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