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PBS 3.1 Infection Quiz

Quiz by Deb Ruscillo

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  • Q1
    A specialist in the study of outbreaks of disease within a population group

    Pathologist

    Pandemiologist

    Epidemiologist

    Virologist

    30s
  • Q2
    Native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field
    Endemic

    Anemic

    Ischemic

    Pandemic

    30s
  • Q3
    A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease
    Outbreak

    Endemic

    Pandemic

    Eruption

    30s
  • Q4
    Disease that occurs over a wide global geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.
    Pandemic

    Epidemic

    Endemic

    Ischemic

    30s
  • Q5
    Hospital acquired infection

    Hospice infection

    Nosotropic disease

    Nosocomial disease

    Hospitalistic infection

    30s
  • Q6
    Bacterial cells on and in a human normally
    Microbial (bacterial) cells

    Balanced bacterial cells

    Naturalized bacteria

    Organic bacterial cells

    30s
  • Q7
    Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms

    Invasion

    Infection

    Propagation

    Incubation

    30s
  • Q8
    An animal or plant that acts as a biological refuge in which another - often parasitic - organism may dwell.
    Host

    Mutualism

    Refugee

    Donor

    30s
  • Q9
    Disease causing agents

    Bugs

    Diseasers

    Germs

    Pathogens
    30s
  • Q10
    Prions, viruses, bacteria, protists, fungi, helminths
    Agents of disease

    Germs

    Diseasers

    Bugs

    30s
  • Q11
    Misfolded proteins with the ability to transmit their misfolded shape onto normal variants of the same protein in the body; several fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative diseases are caused
    Prions

    Bacteria

    Viruses

    Protists

    30s
  • Q12
    Very tiny 'germs' of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat that cause disease
    Viruses

    Protists

    Bacteria

    Prions

    30s
  • Q13
    Single-celled organisms that can be a harmful strain in the body including pneumonia, meningitis, and food poisoning.

    Helminths

    Bacteria

    Viruses

    Fungi

    30s
  • Q14
    Single-celled organisms, also called 'protozoa', that are responsible for a range of diseases, including dysentery and flesh eating.
    Protists

    Bacteria

    Fungi

    Prions

    30s
  • Q15
    Invades the tissue via spores and can cause disease that's confined to the skin, spreads into tissue, bones, and organs, or affects the whole body.

    Protists

    Viruses

    Bacteria

    Fungi
    30s

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