Ethics
President who issued apology to families involved in the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Who is President Clinton?
Disease causing microbes
What are Pathogens?
Caused by Genetics
What is Inherited?
Handshaking, Kissing, Touching, Sexual Contact
What is Horizontal Contact transmission?
Quick in its course
What is Acute?
What was the ethical dilemma in the case where Diane Blood had doctors collect sperm from her husband?
What was "informed consent"?
The degree or intensity of disease produced by a pathogen
What is Virulence?
Caused by emotional problems
What is mental?
A fly carrying a pathogen on it's legs from one person to another
What is a Mechanical Vector?
Spread throughout the body
What is Systemic?
What was the ethical dilemma in the case of the woman with MS who tried to overdose?
What was "do no harm" on the doctor's part?
A disturbance in the state of health, preventing the body from performing any or all or its normal functions.
What is a Disease?
Caused by medical procedures
What is iatrogenic?
Coughs, Sneezes, Speaking in Close Quarters
What is Droplet transmission?
Covers a small region
What is local?
The name of the Immortal Cell line
What are HeLa Cells?
Capacity or ability of a microorganism to cause a disease.
What is Pathogenicity
This type lowers resistance to infectious diseases and contributes to the severity.
What is nutritional deficiency?
Occurs through Fomites
What is Indirect transmission?
Infection in one region from which pathogens travel to other regions
What is focal?
What were patient's given in place of antibiotics in the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment?
What is aspirin?
The presence of microorganisms, usually where they are not wanted.
What is contamination?
Abnormal cell growth that leads to tumors and harmless or cancerous growth.
What is neoplastic?
Mainly from Soil, Plants, Animals
What is Airborne transmission?
Present or multiplying in the blood
What is Septicemia?