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whatthreeendeavorsinthe20thcenturyledtodrasticreductionsinthemortalityfrominfectious
disease intheUnitedStates?-correct answer✔✔improvementsinsanitation&hygienepractices,
childhoodvaccinationprograms,andthediscoveryanddevelopmentofantimicrobial drugs



majorsetbacksinthe20thcenturythatindicatedtheunpredictabilityofinfectiousdisease -correct
answer✔✔HIV,influenzapandemic,andtheemergence ofhighlydrugresistantstrainsofTB



whataresomeadvantagestothetechnologyrelatedtoinfectiousdisease thatwasdevelopedinthe
20thcentury?-correct answer✔✔abilitytodetermine thecausativeagentsofneworunknown
diseases, todetectinfectiousdiseases thatwerepreviouslydifficulttodiagnose,todesigndrugsthat
targetmolecular pathwaysininfectious agents,andtoproducemassquantitiesofeffective viral
vaccines.



GermTheoryofDisease -correct answer✔✔specific diseasesarecausedbyspecific kindsofmicrobes



eukaryote-correct answer✔✔containsanucleusandothermembrane boundorganelles



bacteria/archaea-correct answer✔✔celltypethatlacksnucleus,aretentimessmallerthanother
microbes.



virus-correct answer✔✔a-cellular particle,smallestmicrobes



fungus-correct answer✔✔aeukaryotethatisadecomposer

, i.e.penicillium



protazoan-correct answer✔✔singlecelledeukaryote

i.e.giardia



humanmicrobiomeproject-correct answer✔✔2010's+, detailedinfoaboutthemicroorganisms that
liveinoronourbodies



PCR-correct answer✔✔developedinthe1980's;atechnique usedtomakemasscopiesofDNAfor
study



restriction enzymes-correct answer✔✔1970's, DanielNathans,WernerArber,andHamiltonSmith
discoveredthese"smallscissors"thatcutDNAinacontrolledmanner



smallRNA's-correct answer✔✔identifiedinthe2000's,andappeartoplaycritical rolesinregulating
whathappensinthecell



chronicinfection-correct answer✔✔Infectionthatpersistsoveralongperiodoftime(e.g.,HIV)



focalinfection-correct answer✔✔wheninfectiousagentbreaksloosefromalocalinfectionandis
carriedtoothertissues.Anexampleisinfluenzacomplicatedbypneumonia



systemicinfection-correct answer✔✔Infectionspreadstoseveral sitesandtissuefluids(blood),and
maytravelvianervesandCSF.Examplesaremumps,rubella,chickenpox,AIDS,typhoid,andsyphilis



mixedinfection-correct answer✔✔Several microbesestablishthemselvessimultaneously atthe
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