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Chapter 1: Pathogens as parasites
List four reasons for resurgence ...,
What are some key differences bet...,
List the microparasites and their...
9  cards
Chapter 2: The bacteria
What are the differences between ...,
Describe the structure of peptido...,
Where are teichoic acid and lipot...
29  cards
Chapter 3: The Viruses
By what characteristics are virus...,
What is the function of the glyco...,
What is the function of the matri...
18  cards
Chapter 4: The Fungi
Which fungi are transmitted betwe...,
What conditions does candida sp c...,
What are dermatophytes and how ar...
13  cards
Chapter 5: The Protozoa
What are the two methods for tiss...,
What are three important characte...,
Which protozoa parasite presents ...
9  cards
Chapter 6: The helminths
Describe platyhelminths and provi...,
Describe the nematodes what is th...,
What are the transmission routes ...
14  cards
Chapter 7: The Arthropods
What are three characteristics of...,
What is the body structure of ins...,
To which class do ticks belong de...
11  cards
Chapter 8 : Prions
What disease would manifest in th...,
What are prions,
What diseases in humans are cause...
4  cards
Chapter 9 The Host-Parasite Relationship
How does the distribution of micr...,
How did molecular biology bioinfo...,
What kind of classification are d...
15  cards
Chapter 13 Background to the infectious diseases
What happens if the multiplicatio...,
What is the best studied example ...,
In what three main ways can patho...
18  cards
Chapter 14 Entry, exit and transmission
What does hpv cause and what laye...,
How many types of hemagglutinins ...,
How does reassortment happen in t...
12  cards
Chapter 17 Parasite survival strategies and persistent infections
What are six ways that microorgan...,
How does protein a of s aureus pr...,
How does live mycobacterium tuber...
26  cards
Chapter 18 Pathological consequences of infection
Seven viruses that infect humans ...,
What bacteria cause the 1 pathoge...,
List the modes of action of toxin...
18  cards
Chapter 34: Attacking the enemy: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
What kind of antimicrobial is neo...,
What kind of antimicrobial is str...,
Augmentin is the most widely used...
38  cards
Chapter 36 Active, Passive and Adaptive Immunity
What is active immunotherapy,
What is active and specific immun...,
What is adaptive immunotherapy
18  cards
Chapter 19 Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and select toxins from ch. 20 LRTI
What does heterophile positive me...,
What cancers are associated with ebv,
What is the pathogenesis of ebv
55  cards
Chapter 20 Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
How do invaders avoid normal defe...
1  cards
Chapter 24 Obstetric and perinatal infections
Why does the fetus have poor immu...,
What is tested for in routine ant...,
What treatment is offered for an ...
30  cards
Chapter 27 Infections of the skin, soft tissue, muscle and associated systems
Which factors control the skins m...,
Which lines of attack result in m...,
What is impetigo where in the ski...
64  cards
Chapter 25 Central Nervous System Infections
How can pathogens traverse the bl...,
What is meningitis,
Which type of cells are mainly pr...
57  cards
Quiz 8 material: Chs 26, 28
What is the function of the lacri...,
What is the function of lacrimal ...,
What is the function of lacrimal ...
46  cards
Chapter 29 Multisystem Zoonoses
A non human vertebrate host is th...,
Do multisystem zoonoses infection...,
An enveloped negative sense ssrna...
39  cards
Chapter 30 Fevers of Unknown Origin
Mechanisms of fever,
Pyrogenic cyotkines il 1 tnf il 6...,
Anterior hypothalamus change in t...
28  cards
Chapter 31 Infections in the Compromised Host
What are the primary factors that...,
What are the secondary factors th...,
What are the primary factors affe...
44  cards

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