The study of microscopic organisms, including bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi.
What is "microbiology"
100
What is the basic structure of a virus?
What is "very small (smaller than bacteria, genetic material covered with a protein coat."
100
Describe the structure of a basic bacteria.
What is "single celled, very simple cell with no true nucleus and no organelles other than ribosomes, the oldest known organisms"
100
When a region has more cases of a given infectious disease, it is said to be _______________
What is "an epidemic"
100
In the video "Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria" what did the infection Addie had and KPC have in common?
What is "both were resistant to antibiotics"
200
Organisms such as mosquitoes, ticks, or rats that have an active role in the transmission (movement) of a pathogen (disease-causing microbe) from one host to the other.
What is "vectors"
200
What is our best defense against viral infections?
What is "vaccinations"
200
What is a consequence of overuse of antibiotics?
What is "the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria"
200
Describe malaria using the terms endemic, epidemic and pandemic
What is "malaria is ENDEMIC to Africa...there are times it can reach EPIDEMIC rates...it is NOT PANDEMIC."
200
Why are many US drug companies pulling out of the business of developing new antibiotics?
What is "there is much more money to be made developing different classes of drugs"
300
A type of treatment used specifically against bacteria. They either kill bacteria or keep them from reproducing. They do not fight infections caused by viruses.
What is "antibiotics"
300
Viruses contain genetic material...true or false
What is "true"
300
Bacteria can change rapidly, allowing them to become resistant to antimicrobials very quickly. What about them explains this ability to evolve to quickly?
What is "they can reproduce at such a rapid rate"
300
A new viruses jumps from an animal to humans. The human population has no immunity to this virus since it is new. It very virulent, so it quickly spreads from person to person. This new virus has a strong chance of becoming what?
What is "a pandemic"
300
A bacterial infection which can cause a productive cough (coughing up phlegm) and which is transmitted by breathing in droplets of air with the bacteria in it
What is "bacterial pneumonia"
400
A small infectious agent (smaller than bacteria) that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms. Viruses can infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants.
What is "virus"
400
Name some of the reasons that viruses are not considered living
What is "cannot reproduce outside of a host, do not grow and use energy, not made of cells"
400
Describe the relationship between a parasite and its host
What is "the parasite gets all the benefit (food and shelter) and the host is harmed"
400
The Spanish flu of 1918 is an example of (epidemic or pandemic)
What is "pandemic"
400
A viral illness with a high mortality rate which is spread by handling dead bodies or the bodily fluids of its victims.
What is "Ebola"
500
An epidemic of infectious disease that has spread through human populations across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide. (examples smallpox, tuberculosis, Spanish flu 1918).
What is "pandemic"
500
Which Kingdom of life do viruses belong to
What is "trick question! They are not alive and are not in a Kingdom!"
500
Give a basic description of a fungus
What is "eukaryotic (complicated cells NOT bacteria), non-photosynthetic organisms, which produce spores."
500
A daycare center has an outbreak of norovirus infection. This quickly spreads throughout the community and the state. This is an example of what?
What is "an epidemic?"
500
A specialist who studies populations and the frequency and distribution of diseases and the risks to humans.