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Irene Gold – Microbiology Exam With
100% Correct And Verified Answers 2026
Measles family? - Correct Answer-Paramyxoviridae

Mumps family? - Correct Answer-Paramyxoviridae

RSV family? - Correct Answer-Paramyxoviridae

Influenza family? - Correct Answer-Orthomyxoviridae

Rabies family? - Correct Answer-Rhabdoviridae

Ebola family? - Correct Answer-Filoviridae

Hantavirus family? - Correct Answer-Bunyaviridae

Rotavirus family? - Correct Answer-Reoviridae

Rhinovirus family? - Correct Answer-Picornaviridae

Poliovirus family? - Correct Answer-Picornaviridae

ECHO virus family? - Correct Answer-Picornaviridae

Coxsackie virus family? - Correct Answer-Picornaviridae

Rubella family? - Correct Answer-Togaviridae

W/E equine encephalitis family? - Correct Answer-Togaviridae

Dengue virus family? - Correct Answer-Flaviviridae

Yellow fever virus? - Correct Answer-Flaviviridae

St. Louis encephalitis family? - Correct Answer-Flaviviridae

Norwalk virus family? - Correct Answer-Caliciviridae

Secretory Ab found in mucous membranes. Transferred through breast milk - Correct
Answer-IgA

Ab that helps IgG - Correct Answer-IgD

,Ab that increases in Hodgkin's - Correct Answer-IgE

Most numerous Ab. Transferred in utero. Anamnestic response. First to increase in
repeat exposure - Correct Answer-IgG

Largest and heaviest Ab. Pentamer. Non specific. First to increase in initial exposure -
Correct Answer-IgM

Lymphocyte activating factor made by macrophages for brain and nervous tissue -
Correct Answer-IL-1

T cell growth factor made by CD4 cells - Correct Answer-IL-2

IL made by bone marrow for blood and lymph - Correct Answer-IL-3

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) 1 is recognized by what cells - Correct Answer-
T cells and B cells

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC 2) is recognized by what cells - Correct Answer-
B cells only

Gram positive organisms - Correct Answer-Bacillus
Listeria monocytogenes
Clostridium
Cornybacterium diptheriae
Staph
Strep
(BLCCSS)

Staph aureus diseases - Correct Answer-Scalded skin syndrome
Toxic shock
Osteomyelitis
Impetigo (MCC)
Carbuncles
(STOIC)

Strep pyogens diseases - Correct Answer-Strep throat
Erysipelas (superficial cellulitis)
Rheumatic fever
Glomerulonephritis
Impetigo (2nd MCC)
Scarlet fever
(SERGIS)

What presents with strawberry tongue - Correct Answer-Scarlet fever

, "Saint Anthony's fire" - Correct Answer-Erysipelas

Jones criteria for rheumatic fever - Correct Answer-Carditis (MacCallum patch in
posterior left atrium)
Syndenham's chorea
Subcutaneous nodule
Erythema marginatum
Migratory polyarthritis

Function of complement system? - Correct Answer-Enhances phagocytosis

Classical and alternate complement pathways meet at? - Correct Answer-C3B

Complement system membrane attack complex formation takes place at - Correct
Answer-C5b-9

Aschoff bodies are associated with - Correct Answer-Rheumatic fever

Extensive Aschoff bodies - Correct Answer-McCallums patch

Babes Ernst granules are associated with - Correct Answer-Diphtheria

Councilman cells are associated with - Correct Answer-Viral hepatitis

Downey cells are associated with - Correct Answer-Mononucleosis

Epithelioid histiocytes are associated with - Correct Answer-TB

Calcium jail around mycobacterium - Correct Answer-Ghon complex

Guarneri bodies are associated with - Correct Answer-Small pox (variola)

Gummas are associated with - Correct Answer-Tertiary syphilis

Koplik spots are associated with - Correct Answer-Measles

Old age pigment - Correct Answer-Lipofuscin

Build up of lipofuscin in organs - Correct Answer-Brown's atrophy

Lewy bodies are associated with - Correct Answer-Parkinson's

Mallory bodies are associated with - Correct Answer-Hepatitis/alcoholism

Negri bodies are associated with - Correct Answer-Rabies