Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780134261928
Author: Michael T. Madigan, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, W. Matthew Sattley, David A. Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 30.12, Problem 1MQ
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Highly contagious airborne infection of viral origin is referred to as influenza. Influenza is also called as the flu. In the United States, influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality. Influenza disease attributes approximately 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths each year. Influenza disease is a greater risk of developing various complications among aged, children, and pregnant women.
A highly contagious and deadly pathogen that transmits from one person to another by direct contact is called Ebola virus. Ebola viruses are mainly located in sub-Saharan Africa. Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a clinical manifestation caused by the Ebola virus.
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Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
Ch. 30.1 - Why can it be said that respiratory pathogens have...Ch. 30.1 - Prob. 2MQCh. 30.1 - Prob. 1CRCh. 30.2 - Prob. 1MQCh. 30.2 - What is the primary virulence factor for...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 1CRCh. 30.3 - Prob. 1MQCh. 30.3 - What measures can be taken to decrease the current...Ch. 30.3 - Prob. 1CRCh. 30.4 - Why is Mycobacterium tuberculosis a widespread...
Ch. 30.4 - Prob. 2MQCh. 30.4 - QDescribe the process of infection by...Ch. 30.5 - Identify the symptoms and causes of meningitis.Ch. 30.5 - Describe the infection by Neisseria meningitidis...Ch. 30.5 - QDescribe the symptoms of meningococcemia and...Ch. 30.6 - How do the genomes of the measles virus and the...Ch. 30.6 - Describe the potential serious outcomes of...Ch. 30.6 - Identify the effects of immunization on the...Ch. 30.6 - Prob. 1CRCh. 30.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 30.7 - Discuss the possibilities for effective treatment...Ch. 30.7 - QWhy are colds such common respiratory diseases,...Ch. 30.8 - Distinguish between antigenic drift and antigenic...Ch. 30.8 - Prob. 2MQCh. 30.8 - Prob. 1CRCh. 30.9 - What is the normal habitat of Staphylococcus...Ch. 30.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 30.9 - QDistinguish between pathogenic staphylococci and...Ch. 30.10 - Prob. 1MQCh. 30.10 - How can gastric ulcers be diagnosed? How can they...Ch. 30.10 - QDescribe the evidence linking Helicobacter pylori...Ch. 30.11 - Prob. 1MQCh. 30.11 - Prob. 2MQCh. 30.11 - Prob. 1CRCh. 30.12 - Prob. 1MQCh. 30.12 - Prob. 2MQCh. 30.12 - Prob. 1CRCh. 30.13 - Prob. 1MQCh. 30.13 - Explain at least one potential reason for the high...Ch. 30.13 - Prob. 3MQCh. 30.13 - QWhy did the incidence of gonorrhea rise...Ch. 30.14 - Prob. 1MQCh. 30.14 - Prob. 2MQCh. 30.14 - Prob. 1CRCh. 30.15 - Prob. 1MQCh. 30.15 - Prob. 2MQCh. 30.15 - Prob. 3MQCh. 30.15 - QDescribe how human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...Ch. 30 - Prob. 1AQCh. 30 - Prob. 2AQCh. 30 - Prob. 3AQCh. 30 - Discuss the molecular biology of antigenic shift...
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