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All pathogens cause disease
True
False
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Any organism in which the parasite obtains its nutrition.
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A disease that becomes widespread within a particular region
endemic
epidemic
pandemic
homeodemic
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This individual gave the first vaccine to 8 year old James Phipps.
Louis Pasteur
Robert Koch
Jonas Salk
Edward Jenner
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The ______________ street pump was identified as the source for the cholera outbreak in London.
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This individual determined the causative agent of cholera.
John Snow
Louis Pasteur
Alexander Fleming
Robert Koch
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Microbes can be beneficial in the field of biotechnology.
True
False
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Any disorder that produces symptoms in specific locations that aren't a result of physical injury defines which term?
pathogen
disease
virulence
vector
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This companies headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland.
WHO
CDC
BLHS
AARP
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Which of the following modes of transmission were discussed in class?
ingestion
airborne
vector
droplet
contact
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Which of Koch's Postulates states that the microbe must be present in every case of the disease?
first
second
third
fourth
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In what year did the World Health Organization declare the eradication of smallpox?
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Although many individuals contributed, Louis Pasteur is often given credit for formation of which theory?
Miasma
Spontaneous Generation
Causation
Germ
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How did John Snow think cholera was spread?
mosquitoes
water
bacteria
air
food
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What did John Snow discover about the water pump?
Human waste was leaking into the well
Chemicals from factories leaking into the well
A dead rat in the well
A boy had fallen into the well
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What is the time from when someone gets infected to when symptoms start known as?
festering period
housing period
infectious period
incubation period