Antigenic drift - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

BBH 440 Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers. What is the definition of an epidemic? - answeran health event that occurs in excess to normal expectancy What is the traditional definition of epidemiology? - answerconcerned with patterns of disease and its occurence What is the modern definition of epidemiology? - answerdistribution in disease and the study of the related bio psychosocial facors What does study mean in the epidemiology definition? - answerthe methods we rely on to ob...

Final Exam: NR503/ NR 503 (2023/ 2024 Update) Population Health, Epidemiology & Statistical Principles Exam Review | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Chamberlain Q: The World Health Organization defines a pandemic Answer: as a global epidemic that spreads to more than one continent (WHO, 2009). One of the more recent pandemics that you might be familiar with is the H1N1 influenza outbreak of 2009. Q: Outbreak Answer: the occurrenc...

APhA Immunization Training 2023 Questions and Answers 100% Correct When looking at the schedule for vaccines that might be indicated for children and adolescents aged 18 years or younger based on medical indications, what does the orange bar represent? a. Contraindicated. b. Precautions for vaccination. c. Recommended if an additional risk factor is present. d. Additional doses may be needed based on condition. - ANSWER b During which step of the Pharmacists' Patient Care Process wo...

NWHSU - Infectious Disease Final Questions with complete Answers 2024 Bird handlers are at risk for what Chlamydia disease? Chlamydia psittaci What are the signs and symptoms of pneumococcal pneumonia? Rapid raise in temp Chest pain Chills Productive cough - purulent or blood tinges In severe case - cyanosis and confusion What is the most common cause of community-acquired typical pneumonia? Streptococcus pneumonia What is the most common cause of atypical pneumonia?...

A ____ rate measures the number of individuals who become ill as a result of a specific diseases within a susceptible population during a specific time period - ️️Morbidity A _____ infection is one on which the virus quotes reproducing and remains dormant for a period before becoming active again - ️️Latent A ______ epidemic is characterized by a sharp rise to a peak then a rapid, but not as pronounced decline in the number of individuals infection - ️️Common source A group of vir...

MIP 300 Final Exam Antigenic drift - correct answer Small changes (or mutations) in the genes of influenza viruses that can lead to changes in the surface proteins of the virus Antigenic shift - correct answer An abrupt, major change in an influenza A virus, resulting in new surface proteins and/or new HA and NA proteins in influenza viruses that infect humans Asymptomatic carriers - healthy - correct answer A person or other organism that has become infected with a pathogen, but that dis...

APhA Immunization Training | 100 Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers When looking at the schedule for vaccines that might be indicated for children and adolescents aged 18 years or younger based on medical indications, what does the orange bar represent? a. Contraindicated. b. Precautions for vaccination. c. Recommended if an additional risk factor is present. d. Additional doses may be needed based on condition. -ANS-b During which step of the Pharmacists' Patient Care Process w...

Microbiology CH.25 RNA VirusesWhich febrile disease with a rash has a pathogen that can cross the placenta and cause serious fetal damage? a. croup b. mumps c. measles (rubeola) d. rubella - correct answer d. rubella Hydrophobia, the dumb phase, and Nergi bodies in nervous tissue are all part of which disease? a. rabies b. dengue fever c. Norwalk virus d. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) e. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - correct answer a. rabies Influenza is pred...

BIO 242 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ Which lines of defense would be considered nonspecific? First line of defense Second line of defense Differentiate between components of first and second line defense FIRST:Physical and Chemical barriers SECOND: phagocytosis, inflammation, fever, antimicrobial proteins FLOD: lysozome is secreted in tears in saliva What human body region is protected by fatty acids, acidic pH, lactic acid, and tough cell barrier with its own normal biota? skin Th...

NU 411 Exam 2 Practice Questions and Answers What are the 3 components of a pandemic? - Ans:-1. New or novel virus appears (humans lack immunity) 2. Virus elicits a severe disease in humans 3. Virus is easily transmitted to humans How many types of influenza are there, and which of these types are of interest to humans? - Ans:- There are 4 types, A and B concern humans Which type of influenza really poses a threat of a pandemic? - Ans:-Type A influenza What is a drift and shift when ref...