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Vaccines
Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
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Smallpox vaccine
What is the first vaccine used widely in the west?
100
Mucus, IgA, Lysozyme, IgG, Lactoferrins, Defensins
What are immune system factors in the upper respiratory tract?
100
An intracellular organism that is spread by ticks of the Amblyomma and Dermacentor genus.
What is Rickettsia rickettsii?
100
This organism makes an enzyme that can cleave IgA antibodies.
What is Neisseria gonorrhoeae?
100
This organism can be classified as EHEC, EPEC, and ETEC.
What is E. coli?
200
A vaccine that contains the whole pathogen killed by heat.
What is an inactivated vaccine?
200
This type of organism contains the M protein.
What is Streptococcus pyogenes.
200
Infection from this organism is characterized by swollen lymphnodes known as buboes.
What is Yersinia pestis
200
The top reported infectious diseases.
What are Chlamydia and Gonorrhea?
200
Transmission of this organism is connected with the five Fs
What is S. Typhi ?
300
The reduction of probability of spread/infection due to limited routes of transmission
What is herd immunity?
300
An alpha hemolytic organism that can cause Pneumococcal meningitis.
What is Streptococcus pneumoniae?
300
Infection by this organism is characterized by erythema migrans
What is Borrelia burgdorferi?
300
There are several stages to this disease. Primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary. In the tertiary stage gummas can form.
What is syphilis (caused by Treponema pallidum)?
300
Infection from this psychrotrophic, intracellularly reproducing organism is a hazard for pregnant women.
What is Listeria monocytogenes?
400
A vaccine that contains a non-immunogenic molecule covalently attached to an immunogenic molecule.
What is a conjugate vaccine?
400
A Gram negative organism that can cause a skin rash, stiff neck, headache as well as flu like symptoms.
What is Neisseria meningitidis?
400
This organism can cause an inhalation, cutaneous, and intestinal infections.
What is Bacillus anthracis?
400
Possible infection from this organism is what spurred the practice of giving newborns antibiotic eye cream.
What is Neisseria gonorrhoeae?
400
The most important treatment for infection from tis organism is oral rehydration therapy.
What is Vibrio cholerae?
500
A type of vaccine delivered by a virus.
What is Recombinant vector?
500
It is what causes toxic shock syndrome.
What is superantigen?
500
This organism creates toxins that blocks release of neurotransmitters of inhibitory neurons that innervate skeletal muscles.
What is Clostridium tetani?
500
This is an obligate intracellular parasite that causes an STD.
What is Chlamydia trachomatis?
500
This organism produces a certain toxin that causes gastroenteritis. It is also an intracellular pathogen and gram negative.
What is Shigella sonnei?