ADULT 1 EXAM UTMB QUESTIONS
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Virulent - ✔✔ability to spread or cause disease
Asymptomatic - ✔✔a carrier of the disease; does not show symptoms of the disease but
possess the trait and can spread the disease
What all can be considered a reservoir? - ✔✔a person, animal, milk, water, or an
inanimate object. (Basically anything)
What specifically could milk harbor as a reservoir? - ✔✔Listeria
What specifically could water harbor as a reservoir? - ✔✔Shigella
Why may antivirals not be effective? - ✔✔If they are not given within a certain time
after getting the virus
Examples of portals of exit in the body - ✔✔breaks in skin, respiratory tract, GI tract, etc
List examples of the airway route by which microorganisms can be spread through -
✔✔talking, sneezing, coughing, etc.
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, A droplet route to spread microorganisms is larger than an airway route. True or False.
- ✔✔True
Microorganisms can only live if they have an acceptable what? - ✔✔host - therefore,
they cannot live long on inanimate objects
Susceptibility - ✔✔the degree of resistance
Describe the incubation period - ✔✔First period when pathogen invades the reservoir
and it is first starting to show symptoms
Describe the prodromal stage - ✔✔most infectious period - early signs of symptoms -
feeling "crumby" - low grade fever - slight abdominal pain
How long does the period of illness last? - ✔✔depends on pathogen one has
Systemic - ✔✔affecting the body as a whole (all over fever)
Define localized; give example - ✔✔only pertaining to one area of the body;
inflammation in a certain area
Describe the period of convalescence - ✔✔when the body begins to recover; returning to
health after illness
What is the first line of defense against pathogens? What other lines of defense do we
have? - ✔✔our bodies normal flora; inflammatory and immune response
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AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Virulent - ✔✔ability to spread or cause disease
Asymptomatic - ✔✔a carrier of the disease; does not show symptoms of the disease but
possess the trait and can spread the disease
What all can be considered a reservoir? - ✔✔a person, animal, milk, water, or an
inanimate object. (Basically anything)
What specifically could milk harbor as a reservoir? - ✔✔Listeria
What specifically could water harbor as a reservoir? - ✔✔Shigella
Why may antivirals not be effective? - ✔✔If they are not given within a certain time
after getting the virus
Examples of portals of exit in the body - ✔✔breaks in skin, respiratory tract, GI tract, etc
List examples of the airway route by which microorganisms can be spread through -
✔✔talking, sneezing, coughing, etc.
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, A droplet route to spread microorganisms is larger than an airway route. True or False.
- ✔✔True
Microorganisms can only live if they have an acceptable what? - ✔✔host - therefore,
they cannot live long on inanimate objects
Susceptibility - ✔✔the degree of resistance
Describe the incubation period - ✔✔First period when pathogen invades the reservoir
and it is first starting to show symptoms
Describe the prodromal stage - ✔✔most infectious period - early signs of symptoms -
feeling "crumby" - low grade fever - slight abdominal pain
How long does the period of illness last? - ✔✔depends on pathogen one has
Systemic - ✔✔affecting the body as a whole (all over fever)
Define localized; give example - ✔✔only pertaining to one area of the body;
inflammation in a certain area
Describe the period of convalescence - ✔✔when the body begins to recover; returning to
health after illness
What is the first line of defense against pathogens? What other lines of defense do we
have? - ✔✔our bodies normal flora; inflammatory and immune response
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