Smallpox and plague Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

black plague is caused by - Correct Answer-a bacterium called Yersinia pestis bubonic plague - Correct Answer-transmitted via fleas - Symptoms: swollen lymph nodes (Buboes) systemic plague - Correct Answer-spread all over the body - Symptoms: necrosis Pneumonic plague - Correct Answer-bacteria get to the lungs - results in respiratory transmission - symptoms: blood in cough (sputum) and liquid in lungs Smallpox - Correct Answer-Caused by a virus and transmitted by respiratory rout...

AMT MLT Practice test/Study Guide Questions and Answers Graded A Quality control A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of results through the use of control specimens. Shift What demonstrates an abrupt change from the established average value of the control for 3 days in a row? Proficiency testing A means by which quality control between laboratories is maintained. Provider-performed microscopy (PPM) What are specific microscopic tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide (KOH...

Random from CPEN Practice Test 1 Solved 100% Correct!! plague (yersinia pestis) - fever - bloody sputum - clinical pneumonia <-- early sign - sepsis + DIC <-- late sign anthrax (bacillius anthracis) - fever - headache - dyspnea - cough - N/V - chest/abd pain botulism (clostridium botulinum) -descending flaccid paralysis - cranial nerve palsy - normal mentation smallpox (variola) - fever - vesiculopustular leisons in face + trunk Dextrose 5% not used to ...

Immunology Exam 1 Study Material || Questions & Answers (100% Verified) Immunology Exam 1 Study Material || Questions & Answers (100% Verified) What is an antigen? - ANSWER - pretty much anything that the immune system recognizes as a or port of a pathogen - could be a protein, polypeptide, sugar residue, etc What is immunity? - ANSWER - a state of protection against foreign pathogens or substances (antigens) Tell me about the observations of immunity in history! - ANSWER - - Thucydid...

Quality control A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of results through the use of control specimens. Shift What demonstrates an abrupt change from the established average value of the control for 3 days in a row? Proficiency testing A means by which quality control between laboratories is maintained. Provider-performed microscopy (PPM) What are specific microscopic tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide (KOH) preparations, fern test) performed by a physici...

The proposed explanation for a phenomenon is BEST described as: A. a hypothesis. B. a conclusion. C. an observation. D. an experiment. E. a testable prediction. - Answers-A. a hypothesis. Statistical methods make it possible to: A. prove any hypothesis is true. B. reject any hypothesis. C. unambiguously learn the truth. D. determine how likely it is that certain results may have occurred by chance. E. test non-falsifiable hypotheses. - Answers-D. determine how likely it is that certai...

The proposed explanation for a phenomenon is BEST described as: A. a hypothesis. B. a conclusion. C. an observation. D. an experiment. E. a testable prediction. correct answers A. a hypothesis. Statistical methods make it possible to: A. prove any hypothesis is true. B. reject any hypothesis. C. unambiguously learn the truth. D. determine how likely it is that certain results may have occurred by chance. E. test non-falsifiable hypotheses. correct answers D. de...

PHT 2162 Bioterrorism ExamA client is admitted with dysphasia, dry mouth, drooping eyelids, blurred vision, vomiting, and diarrhea, and within 24 hours develops bilateral cranial nerve impairment and descending weakness. Which bioterrorism agent results in these clinical manifestations? 1 2 4 View Topics Stats Issue with this question? o Botulism Anthrax Smallpox These symptoms are found with botulism. With anthrax and smallpox, a rash will be noted. Symptoms of lymphatic plague i...

Quality control Correct Answer-A process that monitors the accuracy and reproducibility of results through the use of control specimens. Shift Correct Answer-What demonstrates an abrupt change from the established average value of the control for 3 days in a row? Proficiency testing Correct Answer-A means by which quality control between laboratories is maintained. Provider-performed microscopy (PPM) Correct Answer-What are specific microscopic tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide (KO...

What is an antigen? pretty much anything that the immune system recognizes as a or port of a pathogen - could be a protein, polypeptide, sugar residue, etc What is immunity? a state of protection against foreign pathogens or substances (antigens) Tell me about the observations of immunity in history! - Thucydides, an ancient historian, wrote in 430 bc of a plague in Athens where those who had recovered from the plague could safely nurse/help the currently ill - showed that if ...