Microbiology: A Systems Approach
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 23, Problem 1CTQ
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The disease suffering from the man who tried to rescue some of the family’s belonging to the basement filled with water from nearby stream flooding and also describe the causative agent.
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The infection caused by Leptospira interrogans which is an aerobic spirochete is known as leptospirosis. It infects body organs like liver, kidney, CNS along with many other body organs.
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Ch. 23.1 - Draw or describe the anatomical features of the...Ch. 23.1 - List the natural defenses present in the...Ch. 23.2 - Prob. 3AYPCh. 23.2 - Prob. 4AYPCh. 23.3 - List the possible causative agents for each type...Ch. 23.3 - List the possible causative agents for each type...Ch. 23.3 - Discuss the epidemiology of the three types of...Ch. 23.4 - Prob. 7AYPCh. 23.4 - Prob. 8AYPCh. 23.4 - Prob. 9AYP
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