Exam 30: Person-to-Person Bacterial and Viral Diseases

The organisms that cause pneumococcal pneumonia are rarely found as a part of the normal flora of healthy adults.

Impetigo is due to an infection caused by

Resident staphylococci are commonly found in the ________ and these seldom cause disease.

Describe the disease caused by herpes simplex 1 virus (HSV-1) as well as how it is spread. Based on the disease characteristics, is HSV-1 capable of lysogeny?

Which of the following is the causal agent of gastric ulcers?

In the context of the influenza virus, describe the mechanistic difference between an antigenic drift and an antigenic shift. Also indicate the result of each.

The immune response may be as important as antibiotics in the elimination of Bordetella Pertussis from the body.

Rheumatic fever is

The DTaP vaccine contains

Which of the following is NOT a staphylococcal disease?

Erythromycin is applied to the eyes of newborns particularly to prevent

The transmission of ________ has been greatly reduced by the pasteurization of milk.

Chickenpox, caused by a herpes virus, results in a systemic papular rash that quickly heals.

Consider mumps. What is the causative agent? How is this disease spread? What happens in the body during the course of this disease? What type of immunity is conferred or used for this disease? Why is the prevalence of mumps in developed countries generally low?

Infections by ʺflesh-eating bacteriaʺ can occur when exotoxins A, B, C, and F and the bacterial surface M protein of Streptococcus pyogenes act as superantigens.

The Spanish flu of 1918 was caused by an ________ influenza virus.

How is the syphilis spirochete initially transmitted?

"Bloodborne hepatitis" is caused by infection with hepatitis ________ virus.

The influenza viral envelope is unique because it contains only one type of protein.

The causative agent of streptococcal pharyngitis, also known as ʺstrep throat,ʺ is