BIOS 242 Week 6 Concepts; Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

Week6Concepts:EpidemiologyofInfectiousDiseases Skin,NervousSystem,andCirculatorySystemPathogens Prepare:SkinandNervousSystemPathogens • Whichofthefollowingisnotapriondisease? • Mostcasesofsepsisarecausedby . • Protectivefeaturesoftheskinincludeallofthefollowingexcept . • Whichofthefollowingisafebrilediseasecharacterizedbyarashand iscausedbyavirusthatcancrosstheplacentato cause serious fetaldamage? • Thetransmissionof oftenoccursviainfectedtooth,dentaltrauma,orsmallskinwounds. SelfCheck:Bacterialinfection • In a recent surgery, when the cut area was sutured, bacteria entered the open tissue. As a result, you now have aninfection of deep tissue exhibiting redness, swelling, pain, fever, and a rash. With your knowledge of microbiology,youpredictthatyouhaveadevelopedaninfectioncausedby . SelfCheck:Antimicrobial • Manygymsareabundantlysuppliedwithtowelsandantimicrobialspraysforwipingdownequipmentaftereachuser.Thereasonforthisistocutdownonthetransmissionof . SelfCheck:Eyeinfection • Yourchildhasdevelopedaneyeinfectionwithayellowishdischarge.Youpredictthatthisisacaseof . SelfCheck:Botulism • TrueorFalse:InBotulism,thetoxinbindstotargetsitesonperipheralmotorneuronsonthespinalcord,brain,andsympatheticnervous system SelfCheck:Priontransmission • Prionscanbetransmittedbyallofthefollowing: SelfCheck:Virulencefactors • Acommonvirulencefactorfoundincausativeagentsofmeningitis(N.miningitides,S.pneumoniae,H.influenza,S.agalactiae,L.monocytogenes)is SelfCheck:Subacuteendocarditis • Whichofthefollowingstatementsisincorrectregardingsubacuteendocarditis? SelfCheck:Acuteendocarditis • Acuteendocarditisismostcommonlycontractedthrough . SelfCheck:Epstein-Barrvirus • WhichofthefollowingstatementsregardingtheEpstein-Barrvirusisincorrect? Reflect:SkinandNervousSystemPathogens • StaphylococcuscanbedifferentiatedfromStreptococcusbythe . • Thecausativeagentoftrachomais . • WhichofthefollowingstatementsisincorrectregardingListeriamonocytogenes? • ThecausativeagentofLymediseaseis . • Erythemamigrans,abull's-eyerash,atthesiteofatickbiteisassociatedwith . • Lymediseaseistransmittedby . • Symptomsofinfectiousmononucleosisinclude: • Whensepticemiacausesinflammationofthelymphaticvessels,itiscalled: • Neonatalmeningitisismostcommonlytransmittedby . • Spongiformencephalopathiesare: