MICROORGANISMS AND DISEASE QUIZ

Diphtheria toxin and edema toxin are ADP ribosylating toxins

Both organisms cause skin and respiratory tract infections

The most serious disease symptoms are the direct result of toxin action

Both organisms are gram-positive spore formers

Interleukin 2

None of these

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)

Interferon gamma

M cells

B cells

ciliated epithelial cells

macrophages

mutations in the viral hemagglutinin may allow the virus to evade the immune response elicited by previous vaccines

None of these

it is a polysaccharide vaccine that does not confer long-term protection

the vaccine is sufficiently toxic to make it necessary to administer only a small amount at any one time

interfere with physiological processes in the body

All of these

encourage bacterial reproduction

kill viruses

A limited number of capsule types

The possession of a segmented RNA genome

The ability of monkey Rotavirus strains to cause serious illness (diarrhea) in human beings

The ability of the Rotavirus to be transmitted faster

Small pox

Measles

Yellow fever

Poliomyelitis

infected implants usually have to be surgically removed

All of these

phagocytes have trouble moving on the plastic surface

phagocytes have trouble engulfing bacteria embedded in a biofilm

Low pH

Dense normal flora

Proteolytic enzymes

All of these

muscular dystrophy

myocarditis

gastroenteritis

acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis