Hepatitis
How is hepatitis A transmitted
Fecal/Oral
What did Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek call the small life forms that he saw under his microscope?
Animalcules
What are the 5 major groups of microorganisms
1. Protozoa
2. Bacteria
3. Viruses
4. Algae
5. Fungi
A form of swine influenza virus?
H1N1
Highly contagious disease that makes it's appearance in very young children.
Primary herpes
Are hepatitis B and C transmitted the same way?
Yes
Who invented the Petri plate and who was it named after?
Robert Koch, Julius petri
What bacteria has a spherical or circular shape ?
Cocci
A small flat dish made of thin glass or plastic that contains sterile solid medium for the culture of microorganisms
Petri Plate
Commonly found in Africa, West Asia, and the Middle East, carried by mosquitoes, and damages the brain and spinal cord.
West Nile Virus
Which Hepatitis' do not have a vaccine?
A and E
Who was considered the "Father of Microbiology" and prepared the first vaccine for rabies.
Louis Pasteur
Bacteria that is stained by crystal's violet dye and appear dark purple under a microscope is classified as
Gram positive
Spirochetes
Respiratory disease carried by pigs caused by type A viruses?
H1N1 Flu Virus
T/F : OSHA requires that an employer offer the Hepatitis B vaccination, at no cost to the employee.
True
He discovered that bacteria existed in heat-sensitive forms
John Tyndall
What are organisms that can grow in the presence or the absence of oxygen?
Facultative Anaerobes
A rare but deadly disease that causes bleeding inside and outside of the body.
Ebola
Can zika virus be spread from a pregnant woman to her fetus?
Yes
Up to ____% of people with HCV are unaware that they have the disease.
75
Who recognized that airborne microorganisms were responsible for post surgical infections
Joseph Lister
When were prisons discovered ?
While a doctor was doing research for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Plants such as mushrooms, yeasts, and molds that lack chlorophyll.
Fungi
This disease kills up to 90% of people who become infected with it
Ebola