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100
Using any kind of biological substance to create fear in a society
What is bioterrorism
100
Which patient is most successful to an opportunistic?
What is an adult on antibiotics
100
Ricin is a bioterrorism agent that is classified as a what?
What is toxin.
100
In the event of a hurricane, the immediate concern of public health officials would be
What is the safety of the water supply.
100
Found typically among groups with compromised immune systems
What is opportunistic pathogens
200
Needs a host to survive and has no nucleus.
What is a virus
200
Which of the following is a reservoir for Yersenia Pestis?
What is rodents
200
What bioterrorism agent was sent through the mail to federal agencies in Washington D.C. in 2001?
What is anthrax
200
What is the reason why public health vaccination programs wor?
What is a pathogen can't reproduce itself enough to maintain disease in the population
200
What are the 3 shapes of bacteria?
What is rod-shaped(bacillus), spherical(coccus), and helical rods(spirillium).
300
Global epidemic, has no cure and is shared blood to blood.
What is AIDS
300
Which statement best describes the status of infectious diseases in the world? A. They remain the leading cause of death in the world B. They are no longer a threat to public health C. Most deadly diseases have been eliminated D. Many still exist, but do not cause death
What is A. They remain the leading cause of death in the world.
300
Indiscriminate use of antibiotics could lead to what?
What is drug resistance
300
What is a way some drugs kill bacteria that causes disease?
What is interfering with the cell wall formation.
300
Can not live without host cell
What is viruses
400
Conditions which impair normal tissue function.
What is infectious disease
400
A disease that is seen for the first time ever
What is emerging disease.
400
A viral disease with long latent period that uses an enzyme to copy itself into a host cell
What is AIDS
400
Why will a doctor change someone from erythromycin to a different antibiotic, even though the erythromycin is working?
What is erythromycin can become toxic.
400
Drugs used to treat bacterial diseases
What is antibiotics
500
Infectious agent that causes disease in virtually in any susceptible host.
What is a pathogen
500
A major reason the disease tuberculosis is re-emerging
What is antibiotic resistance.
500
Pasteurizing milk and dating it for sale reflects what public health program?
What is food safety
500
Has occurred once, greatly declined, then increases in an incidence.
What is re-emerging.
500
Herpes fall under what category
What is viruses.