Graded A+ Quizzes and Full Verified Solutions
Shotgun approach - Physicians using broad-spectrum anabiotic's to treat an infection
The liver - Detoxifies drugs in the body
Tetracycline - Changes teeth color in children
Antibiotics in animal feeds - Increase anabiotic resistance
Tamiflu and Relenza - Do not prevent assembly and release of influenza virus
Superinfection - A drug that disturbs resulting in a different type of infection
All infectious diseases - are not contagious
Microbiota of a newborn develops during - Pregnancy and immediately after birth
STORCH - Is an infection of the fetus and newborn which stands for syphilis toxoplasmosis
rubella cytomegalovirus and herpes virus
CDC - Center for disease control and infection
Mortality rate - Number of people that die from infection or disease within a
geographical area
Morbidity rate - Survival
Prevalence - Total # of existing
Epidemic - Effects great # of people beyond expectations
Sporadic - When occasional cases are reported at irregular intervals
Endemic - Disease that that exhibits a relatively steady frequency over a long period of
time
Vector - A live animal that transmits an infectious agent from one house to another
Vertical transmission of disease - From parent to offspring
Reservoir - Where microbes reside
Source of an infection - Where an infection is actually acquired