Viral Viruses
Terms for Germs
How DID they do that?
Diseases you should know.
Toxic T
100
The smallest currently known virus is measured using these tiny billionths.
What is nanometers?
100
This term for two organisms cohabitating with both benefitting the other is called what, Nemo?
What is mutualism?
100
This component of gram negative cell walls causes endotoxic shock.
What is lipopolysaccharide (LPS)?
100
Clostridium tetani
What is tetanus?
100
HIV infects these cells of the immune system.
What are CD4 T-lymphocytes?
200
DNA and RNA are these types of compounds, and make up the viral genome.
What are nucleic acids?
200
A specific group of signs and symptoms that occur together, as in AID"S"
What is a syndrome?
200
Some organisms form this type of protective layer with their glycocalyces. A slimy barrier, not a "living movie".
What is a biofilm?
200
Feline Herpes Virus
What is Rhinotracheitis?
200
Caused by Mycobacterium spp.
What is tuberculosis?
300
What is a bacteriophage?
300
Now that we've survived our initial pandemic, scientists suspect COVID-19 will become this, a disease that is constantly present in our population.
What is endemic?
300
This highly damaging and highly antigenic protein is made by bacteria from plasmid or phage DNA, and can cause shock, fever, neurologic signs, etc.
What is an exotoxin?
300
Streptococcus pyogenes
What is scarlet fever?
300
Some examples include droplet, contact and vehicle.
What are modes of transmission?
400
The viral protein coat comes in many shapes, but this common viral capsid has 20 faces and 12 corners.
What is an icosahedron?
400
It's not pretty when you contract this type of illness that develops rapidly and lasts a short time.
What is an acute disease?
400
These single celled living organisms can 'change their coats' shifting proteins on their outer surfaces to make them more pathogenic.
What are protozoa?
400
Streptococcus equi
What is equine strangles?
400
This disease in dogs is one of very few occasions when neoplastic cells are directly inoculated into a new host.
What is transmissible veneral tumor or TVT?
500
This interesting cytopathic effect is pathognomonic for a Rabies viral infection.
What are Negri bodies?
500
Ticks and mosquitos play this role in spreading many types of diseases.
What is a vector?
500
This fibrinolytic chemical is harvested from Streptococcal organisms and used to treat heart attack and stroke victims.
What is streptokinase?
500
Rhabdoviridae
What is Rabies?
500
This Mary was thought to be an asymptomatic reservoir for an outbreak of fever, stomach pain and death in the late 1800's.
Who was Typhoid Mary?