Gram-Positive Cocci
This Gram-positive cocci bacterium does not ferment mannitol, is coagulase negative, and does not produce exotoxins.
What is Staphylococcus epidermidis
Tsetse flies are the biological vector for this disease
Trypanosoma brucei
This Gram-positive rod is large, block-shaped, forms in chains, and has central spores that develop under all conditions except in the living body
What is Bacillus anthracis
3 means for genetic recombination in bacteria are Conjugation, Transformation, and ______.
What is Transduction
Some individuals have this receptor and in turn have natural immunity to HIV
What is the CCR5 (C-C chemokine receptor type 5, or CD195) mutation
Some Gram-positive cocci bacteria produce a chemical that will cause fibrin (a clotting factor) to form clots spontaneously name the main example that you learned in lecture and lab
What is Staphylococcus aureus
Trypanosoma cruzi is spread by this biological vector
What is the kissing bug
The causative agent of Tetanus
What is Clostridium tetani
Administration of drugs to prevent infection
What is prophylaxis
The most common worm disease of children in temperate zones
Enterobiasis (pinworm/seatworm)
The causative agent of Streptococcal pharyngitis (Strep throat)
What is Streptococcus pyogenes
St. Louis encephalitis and Malaria is spread by this biological vector
What is mosquitoes
When a neonate has tetanus what is the characteristic arching position termed
What is Opisthotonus
Infectious agent capable of causing disease in healthy persons with normal immune defenses.
What is a true pathogen
The first protozoan found to cause a disease
What is Babesia
The leading causative agent of Pneumonia
What is Streptococcus pneumoniae
Lytic and lysogenic are the two life cycles of this biological vector
What is a bacteriophage
3 general groups Gram-positive Bacilli are organized in are Endospore-forming, _________, and Oxygen requirements
What is Acid-fastness
What does STORCH represent (not what each letter stands for)
What are infectious diseases that can be passed to your baby during pregnancy, at delivery, or after birth.
Ivanovski & Beijerinck worked with this plant
What is tobacco
Scalded Skin Syndrome is a result of this Gram-positive coccus bacteria
What is Staphylococcus aureus
Leishmaniasis is spread by this biological vector
What is the sandfly
The causative agent of swimming pool granuloma
What is Mycobacterium marinum
Migration of cells out of blood vessels into the tissues.
What is diapedesis
Production of blood cells
What is hemopoiesis