The Microbe
The Disease
The Fight
Location, Location, Location
Research
100
This is the name of the bacteria.
What is B. pseudomallei
100
This is another name for Melioidosis.
What is Whitmore's Disease?
100
This method will prevent contracting the disease.
What is avoiding direct contact with soil and standing water in countries of high risk and avoiding severe storms?
100
The disease is most prevalent on these continents.
What is Asia and Australia?
100
There have been studies for vaccine development on this mammal.
What is Mice?
200
This is the shape of the bacteria.
What is rod shaped?
200
These are the signs and symptoms of the disease.
What is lung abscesses, pneumonia, fever, skin sores, respiratory distress, and septicemia?
200
This is the treatment for the disease.
What is Ceftazidime-based or carbapenem-based treatment?
200
The bacteria dwells in this type of environment.
What is wet soil and standing water?
200
B. pseudomallei is related to this organism.
What is B. thailandensis?
300
The bacteria feeds on this organism.
What is amoebas?
300
This is the mortality rate for the disease.
What is 70 percent?
300
This makes diagnosis difficult.
What is nonspecific signs and symptoms and ill-equipped providers?
300
This is the reason the disease is not prevalent in the United States.
What is good facilities, antibiotics, awareness, and climate?
300
These are the approaches being considered to develop a vaccine against the disease.
What is conjugate, DNA, attenuate, and heterologous vaccinations?
400
The bacteria can survive this long in distilled water.
What is 16 years?
400
This is the method by which the disease spreads.
What is open wound contact with contaminated water or soil and aerially by violent weather events?
400
This is the best method for diagnosing the disease.
What is rapid agglutination with PCR confirmation?
400
This is the number of confirmed countries that have this bacteria.
What is 45?
400
These are examples of attenuated vaccines.
What is Flu nasal spray & measles vaccine?
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