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What did Semmelweis do to lower mortality rate in the maternity ward?

Wash Hands!

100
LPS is found in + or - gram bacteria?

Negative

100

What is the 6th microbe made of only proteins?

Prions

100

What kind of genetic material do Viruses have?

RNA or DNA
100

What are the Ancient Plagues?

Plague, Smallpox, Syphilis

200

What is Hospitalism?

The negative effect hospitals had on patient outcomes.

200

What is the primary stain used for gram +/- bacteria?

Crystal Violet

200

What are the three points on the epidemiological triangle?

Host, Pathogen, Environment

200

What are the three capsids?

Helical, Icosahedral, and Complex

200
How is Ebola transmitted between people (person -> person)?
Body fluids
300

Who laid the groundwork for epidemiology?

John Snow

300

What is the 4th step of Kochs Postulates?

Microbe must be isolated from experimental and be identical to the initial causative agent.

300

What is the sylvatic cycle?

Transmission of a disease from a wild animal to humans
300

What is the main difference between the Lytic and Lysogenic Cycle?

Lytic will lyse the bacteria cell, Lysogenic will integrate into the bacterias genome

300

What is Helminthic Therapy?

Introduction of helminths in an effort to treat autoimmune diseases

400

What modern concept resulted from the Civil War?

Nursing

400
How did Louis Pasteur disprove spontaneous generation?

By using swan-necked flasks that were either intact or broken. He pasteurized the broth in each flask. Only the broken flask was contaminated.

400

What is the leading disease worldwide?

Pneumonia

400

Why are envelope spikes important?

Spikes aid in attaching viruses to their next host.

400

What are oncolytic viruses?

Viruses that only infect and lyse tumor cells, incapable of infecting healthy host cells

500

What microbe was likely responsible for many deaths during the Civil War?

Staphylococcus aureus

500

What type of bacteria would prefer a pH range of 10-14

Alkalinophile

500

What are the 6 factors for emerging and re-emerging diseases?

World Population Growth, Urbanization, Ecological Disturbances, Technological Advances, Microbial Evolution, Human Behavior

500

What are the 5 steps to viral replication?

1. Adsorption, 2. Penetration, 3. Replication, 4. Assembly, 5. Release

500

Who were the pioneers to discover diseases were contagious prior to the Germ Theory?

Jean-Antione Villemin and Carl Crede