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Microbiology
Microorganisms
Diseases
Viral Diseases
Infection
100
Believed that life was spontaneously generated from muck?
Who is Aristotle?
100
The lowest form of plant life.
What is algae?
100
The third stage of syphillis.
What is latent syphillis?
100
The virus is dormant and becomes intergrated into the nucleic acid of the host cell.
What is provirus?
100
A person who is unable to resist infection by a particular pathogen.
What is a susceptible host?
200
He is credited with developing germ theory.
Who is Koch?
200
Spiral shaped bacteria.
What are spirochetes?
200
This disease presents greater risk to health care workers because it is able to withstand disinfectants that kill many other bacteria.
What is tuberculosis?
200
Is a bloodborne disease that can be transmitted through bodily fluids as well.
What is Hepatitis B?
200
A persistent infection in which symptoms come and go.
What is latent infection?
300
He showed that life can only be generated from existing life of the same species.
Who is Pasteur?
300
Humans host this harmless bacteria in the skin, respiratory tract, and gastrointestinal tract.
What are normal flora?
300
Is transmitted through aerolization and aspiration of contaminated water.
What is Legionnaires Disease?
300
This disease is transmitted through percutaneous exsposure to blood.
What is Hepatitis C?
300
Inhalation transmission occurs through contaminated spray and spatter from high-speed handpiece.
What is droplet transmission?
400
He was the first person to study microorganisms.
Who is van Leeuwenhoek?
400
Bacteria that grow in the absence of oxygen.
What are anaerobes?
400
What is the benchmark for the effectiveness of a surface disinfectant?
What is Tuberculosis kill time?
400
A bloodborne disease that attacks the T cells.
What is HIV?
400
Transmission through needle sticks, cuts, bites and other breaks in the skin.
What is parenteral transmission?
500
He turned a ruined culture into one of the greatest medical advances in history.
Who is Flemming?
500
This bacteria can develop layers of protective membranes.
What is a spore?
500
A fungal infection aquired by animals and is known as ringworm.
What is tinea corporis?
500
It is responsible for mononucleosis, lymphoma and oral hairy leukoplakia.
What is Epstein-Barr Virus?
500
Immunity borrowed from an outside source.
What is passive immunity?