AAMI MICROBIOLOGY FOR EMBALMERS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● Coccobacillary
Answer: what is the shape of Rickettsia
●● Insects
Answer: how is rickettsia transmitted to man
●● Binary Fission
Answer: how does rickettsia divide
●● Rickettsia
Answer: this invade the reticuloendothelial system, colonizing the
endothelial lining of the cells of the wall of the blood vessels - small
arteris and capillaries.
●● Rickettsia
Answer: vasculitis occurs and is spread all over the body, resulting in a
skin rash and pathological changes that can be fatal.
, ●● Lasting
Answer: an attack of a rickettsial disease is usually followed by a
______ immunity.
●● Typhus Fever
Answer: rickettsia prowazekii is the etiological agent of?
●● Epidemic Typhus
Answer: what is typhus fever also known as?
●● Louse
Answer: what is the biological vector for rickettsia prowazekii
●● Rickettsia Prowazekii
Answer: symptoms for _______ appear within a week, including:
- severe headache
- chills
- fever
- rash
- 10%-40% mortality
●● Louse Bite
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● Coccobacillary
Answer: what is the shape of Rickettsia
●● Insects
Answer: how is rickettsia transmitted to man
●● Binary Fission
Answer: how does rickettsia divide
●● Rickettsia
Answer: this invade the reticuloendothelial system, colonizing the
endothelial lining of the cells of the wall of the blood vessels - small
arteris and capillaries.
●● Rickettsia
Answer: vasculitis occurs and is spread all over the body, resulting in a
skin rash and pathological changes that can be fatal.
, ●● Lasting
Answer: an attack of a rickettsial disease is usually followed by a
______ immunity.
●● Typhus Fever
Answer: rickettsia prowazekii is the etiological agent of?
●● Epidemic Typhus
Answer: what is typhus fever also known as?
●● Louse
Answer: what is the biological vector for rickettsia prowazekii
●● Rickettsia Prowazekii
Answer: symptoms for _______ appear within a week, including:
- severe headache
- chills
- fever
- rash
- 10%-40% mortality
●● Louse Bite