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Oral candidiasis is an opportunistic infection caused by
What is fungi
Human prion diseases affect which of the following tissues?
What is the brain
Which of the following diseases presents the highest risk to dental personnel?
What is Hepatitis B
Which of the following types of viruses causes cold sores on the lips?
What is Herpes simplex virus type 1
Which chemicals are capable of destroying viruses in an external environment?
What is Chlorine (bleach)
Which types of bacteria have a spherical shape?
What is Cocci
What types of microorganisms are known as obligate intracellular parasites, meaning that they can live and multiply only inside an appropriate host cell?
What is viruses
What is the name of a new and separate class of disease-producing molecules that are composed of proteins that lack nucleic acids?
What is prions
Which is the smallest of the major groups of microorganisms?
What is viruses
Dental assistants should be immunized against which of the following viral infections?
What is Hepatitis B
Which of the following types of microorganisms do not produce human illness?
What is nonpathogenic
What is the reason that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a public health concern?
What is It causes an infection that is resistant to some antibiotics such as penicillin.
It is important for the dental assistant to have a foundation in microbiology to understand the nature of pathogens and to
What is know how to prevent disease transmission in the dental office.
HIV infects cells known as CD4 cells, and hepatitis virus infects only liver cells because of
What is specificity
Which of the following types of microorganisms contain chlorophyll?
What is algae
Which of the following is a group of one-celled organisms that lack chlorophyll?
What is Fungi
What is the correct term used to describe microorganisms that produce disease in humans?
What is a Pathogen
Which of the following types of bacteria have a rod like shape?
What is Bacilli
What is the name of a new and separate class of disease-producing molecules that are composed of proteins that lack nucleic acids?
What is prions?
Which of the following is not a dental sign of second-stage infectious syphilis?
What is geographic tongue