Neuro 548 Test 1 (Modules 1-5) verified correct complete solution 2023 update

1. Mycoses: diseases caused by fungi 2. Dermatophytes: fungi that invade the skin, hair, and nails 3. what is the most common fungal infection in immunocompromised PTs(malignancy, HIV, posttransplant): candida albincans 4. what kind of infection is malaria: parasitic fungal 5. what is the cause of most human afflictions: viruses 6. are "obligate intracellular parasites."Why?: viruses; b/c of their ex-treme genetic simplicity they cannot survive without taking over the host cell 7. ex's of latent viruses?: varicella enters as chicken pox, becomes latent, reap-pears later as shingles HIV can remain latent for years 8. generative aka : primary lymph organs 2 / 28 9. what activates lymphoid cells?: they are in a resting state until the foreignpathogen enters and activates them 10. what antibody is a dimer?: IgA