MBI Exam #1 Review

Scientists involved in _______ study the complex interactions of protective substances and cells produced in response to microbial infection.

The intentional use of microbes to break down pollutants, garbage, etc. Is called...

Infants acquire their normal microbiota

Locations in the body that are thought to be sterile (contain no normal microbiota) include all of the following EXCEPT the...

A characteristic that assists a microbe in causing disease is called...

Indirect damage to a host organism can be casued by that host's excessive, inappropriate immune response. This can be triggered by bacterial ______

Cholera toxin is an example of a bacterial endotoxin.The end result of the action of cholera toxin is _______

Bacteria that have capsules on their surface ______

An infection that exists with no symptoms of disease is called a _______

A patient first begins to notice symptoms of an infectious disease during the _______

The main emphasis of epidemiology is _______?

Infectious microbes expelled from the body during a sneeze can be transmitted to others by.....?

Disease-transmitting VEHICLES include all of the following EXCEPT

Yersinia pestis (plague) bacteria can be transmitted to humans by ______?

Antonie can Leeuwnhoek originally developed the microscope so he could examine _____?

Which development in disease prevention is attributed to Edward Jenner?

Which two diseases are thought to have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire?

Germ Theory Disease? (Which scientist)

ACAM 2000 is a new vaccine against ______ that is currently given only to military personnel.

Which early scientist demonstrated that the theory of spontaneous generation was incorrect?

Between 1970 to 2010, the majority of human cases of plague in the U.S. Occurred in _______?