The vaccine administered to protect against whooping cough also contains antigens meant to provide protection against a. toxoplasmosis d. Pseudomonas b. tetanus e. Proteus c. dysentery

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A: A virus is a submicroscopic infectious particle that replicates only inside the living cells of an…

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A: Answer: Introduction: Impetigo is a public and extremely contagious skin infection which occur in…

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A: Answer: Introduction: Lyme disease is occurring due to infection done by a spirochete Borrelia…

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A: Answer: Introduction: Tetanus means a contamination or infection occurred by Clostridium tetani…

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A: Which of these statements about cat scratch disease is false?

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A: Answer is c.) Causative organism has growth requirements similar to those of E coli.

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A: Q fever is the bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii.

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A: Latent disease are those which can not detect by our immune system. Sweet make resident in our…

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Respiratory Infections

Respiratory infections are infectious diseases of the respiratory tract that are mostly caused by bacteria and viruses. They cause infections of the throat, sinuses, airway path, and lungs. Respiratory infections are typically divided into two types: upper tract respiratory infection and lower tract respiratory infection.