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What do we call yeast when it sometimes uses oxygen and sometimes doesn't use oxygen?
Facultative anaerobe
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What is sepsis and septicemia?
Sepsis-microbial contamination Septicemia-sepsis in the blood
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What is a reservoir?
The place or organism in which the infectious agent multiplies and/or develops
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What is the CDC?
Center for Disease Control
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What is the difference between iatrogenic and nosocomial infections?
iatrogenic -acquired as a result of treatment nosocomial-acquired from the hospital
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Some organisms require air to grow and some require no air to grow. What adjective do we use to indicate a requirement?
Obligate e.g. obligate aerobe obligate anaerobe
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What is the difference between disinfection and antisepsis?
Disinfection-removing pathogens Antisepsis-removing pathogens from living tissue
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What is a host?
An organism that harbors or nourishes another organism (the parasite)
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What is a NID?
Notifiable infectious Disease
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What is the difference between inflammation and infection?
Inflammation: redness, swelling, heat, and pain Infection: inflammation and bacteria (pus)
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What word would we use to describe plants or cyanobacteria?
Photoautotrophs
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What is the difference between sterilization and sanitization?
Sterilization-removing all microbes Sanitization-lowering microbial counts on eating utensils
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What is the difference between contagious and communicable?
Contagious-communicable among humans Communicable-between any organisms
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What is an EID?
Emerging Infectious Disease
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What is the difference between signs and symptoms?
Signs-observable or measurable Symptoms-what the patient reports
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What word would we use to describe animals and fungi?
chemoheterotrophs
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What is the difference between bacteriocide and bacteriostasis?
Bacteriocide-kills bacteria Bacteriostasis-inhibits bacteria
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What's the difference between a vector and a zoonosis?
Zoonosis- disease that can be passed from animals, whether wild or domesticated, to humans. Vector- a carrier, especially the animal (usually an insect) that transfers an infective agent from one host to another.
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How is Morbidity different from Mortality?
Mortality=# deaths in a given population Morbidity=# diseases or disabilities in a given population
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What is the difference between acute and chronic diseases?
acute-fast onset and severe chronic-slow onset and persistent
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What word would we use to describe deep sea vent bacteria?
chemoautotrophs
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What is Pasteurization?
Heating a substance at high temperature for a period of time to remove all pathogens.
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What is the difference between a vector and a fomite?
Vector- a carrier, especially the animal (usually an insect) that transfers an infective agent from one host to another Fomite-An inanimate object or substance, such as clothing, furniture, that is capable of transmitting infectious organisms from one individual to another.
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What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?
An epidemic is localized; a pandemic is global.
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What is the difference between incidence and prevalence of a disease?
Incidence should not be confused with prevalence, which is the proportion of cases in the population at a given time rather than rate of occurrence of new cases. Thus, incidence conveys information about the risk of contracting the disease, whereas prevalence indicates how widespread the disease is.