Exam 13: Preventing Infectious Diseases

Which of the following is NOT a form of direct transmission?

The characteristic rash associated with Lyme disease is always present with other symptoms.

Fatigue that lasts for weeks and months in the absence of other symptoms is characteristic of

The portal of entry for influenza is

Which of the following has a responsibility to "turn off" the immune response?

The general term for a disease-causing agent is

The immunity you get from a vaccination is acquired

A potentially fatal illness that leads to the inflammation of the membranes that line the throat, swollen lymph nodes, and to heart and kidney failure is

Which of the following BEST explains why stem cells are transplanted into people with damaged immune systems?

In the vagina, toxic shock syndrome occurs when

Women are at a much greater risk than men of contracting HIV through heterosexual contact.

An example of your body's so-called first line of defense against infections would be

Hepatitis B and C are spread when the virus is introduced directly into

Which of the following is the MOST common form of pneumonia?

Describe how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is spread.

If left untreated, genital herpes can spread throughout the urinary tract and cause kidney damage.

You went hiking in the morning and, in the evening, you find that a deer tick has attached itself to your ankle. You remove it. What should you do now?

Another name for the common cold is

Generally, you have flu and not a cold if you have a headache and high fever.