Pneumonic plague - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is septicemia? correct answers a systematic disease caused by presence of pathogenic microorganisms or toxins in the blood How does it differ from bacteremia? correct answers bacteremia is bacteria in the blood. Septicemia is the presence of microoganisms in the blood. What is the cause of endotoxic shock? correct answers the LPS layer of gram negative bacteria contains endotoxins that are released when large amounts of gram negative bacteria are killed- thus leading to endotoxic shoc...

black plague is caused by - Correct Answer-a bacterium called Yersinia pestis bubonic plague - Correct Answer-transmitted via fleas - Symptoms: swollen lymph nodes (Buboes) systemic plague - Correct Answer-spread all over the body - Symptoms: necrosis Pneumonic plague - Correct Answer-bacteria get to the lungs - results in respiratory transmission - symptoms: blood in cough (sputum) and liquid in lungs Smallpox - Correct Answer-Caused by a virus and transmitted by respiratory rout...

What form of ionizing radiation can penetrate deeply into body tissue? - Answer- Photon What is the role of the liaison officer within the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)? - Answer- Function as the incident contact person for representatives from other agencies. The Disaster Mental Health Response Team can be called upon to assist victims and disaster responders. Which of the following is NOT a service that they may provide: - Answer- Provide professional psychological treatment ...

CIC Practice Test 2 Graded A+ 202425 Version 1. The infection preventionist (IP) on the Antimicrobial Stewardship Team is thinking of ways that he can support efforts and add to the success of the team in decreasing antimicrobial resistance. Some of the activities that he can do to help with the mission of the team include: 1) Calculate multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infection rates 2) Detect asymptomatic carriers using active surveillance cultures 3) Use molecular typing f...

Which nerve agent: persistent and non-volatile agent, represents greatest risk of secodnary contamination of health care providers: A. Tabun (GA) B. Sarin (GB) C. Soman (GD) D. VX - D. VX Agents with less quantity available, harder to disseminate, less person to person transmission, slightly less severity of disease, less known to public= less panic, and slightly less risk to national security; are what category? - Category B All of the following are detection devices HAZAMAT might use ...

Match each of the following organelles with the correct description: Nucleus Endoplasmic Reticulum Lysosomes Chloroplasts Ribosomes Cytoplasm correct answers Nucleus - Contains genomic content Endoplasmic Reticulum - Series of membrane-enclosed sacs and interconnected tubes Lysosomes - contain hydrolytic enzymes for digestion Chloroplast - site of photosynthesis Ribosomes - function in protein synthesis Cytoplasm - constitutes the open volume within a cell Briefly expl...

BIOD 171 Portage Learning Final EXAM Questions and Answers 100%Correct/Exam 1-7 2023/2024 UpdatePortage Learning BIOD 171 Final EXAM Questions and Answers 100%Correct/Exam 1-7 2023/2024 Update True or False: A virus is considered a microorganism. False. Viruses are not living and as such are not considered microorganisms. Viruses can, however, be classified as microbes, a more general term that includes microorganisms and viruses. 1. What is the smallest biological unit of life? A cell. ...

CIC Practice Test 2 Graded A+ 202425 Version1. The infection preventionist (IP) on the Antimicrobial Stewardship Team is thinking of ways that he can support efforts and add to the success of the team in decreasing antimicrobial resistance. Some of the activities that he can do to help with the mission of the team include: 1) Calculate multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infection rates 2) Detect asymptomatic carriers using active surveillance cultures 3) Use molecular typing for investiga...

Portage Learning BIOD 171 Microbiology Lecture Exam Key 1-6 Exams 1. What are the two major types of nucleic acids and their roles? DNA- deoxyribonucleic acid RNA- Ribonucleic acid DNA- Cellular life has DNA and a role that DNA has is long-term storage of information, it holds the characteristics of living organisms. RNA- Is the carrier of information in form of amino acid sequence. It converts the information in the DNA and synthesizes proteins Tru...

What causes smallpox and how transmitted? - Cause: a virus Transmitted by: aerosol, contact with contaminated material How did smallpox come to the New World? - Christopher Columbus' second journey (1492), could have came with slaves Smallpox in the Americas prior to 1775 - How prevalent? - numerous smallpox epidemics, depopulated North America Where was inoculation done in the Americas? - Was outlawed in some colonies, was okay in middle colonies. Many military men were inoculated. D...