Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 35.3, Problem 1RIA
Summary Introduction
For the microbe to successfully establish an infection in the host, it must pass through five chains of infection, which are the agent, virulence, exposure, dose, and susceptibility. The exposure of the infection is considered to be spread of disease from host to host by various means.
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Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 35.1 - MICRO INQUIRY What physical and chemical methods...Ch. 35.1 - MICRO INQUIRY During which stages does the host...Ch. 35.1 - Define infection, infectious disease,...Ch. 35.1 - What factors determine the outcome of most...Ch. 35.1 - Why would a psychrophile not be a human pathogen?Ch. 35.1 - What are some important characteristics of a...Ch. 35.1 - Prob. 5RIACh. 35.1 - How would you determine the ID50 of a suspected...Ch. 35.1 - What is an obligate intracellular pathogen? How...Ch. 35.1 - Prob. 8RIA
Ch. 35.2 - Describe several specific adhesins by which...Ch. 35.2 - What are virulence factors?Ch. 35.2 - What are pathogenicity islands and why are they...Ch. 35.2 - Prob. 4RIACh. 35.2 - What is a biofilm? How is it a virulence factor?Ch. 35.3 - Prob. 1RIACh. 35.3 - Define droplet nuclei, vehicle, fomite, and...Ch. 35.3 - Prob. 3RIACh. 35 - Prob. 1CHICh. 35 - Prob. 2CHICh. 35 - Prob. 3CHICh. 35 - Prob. 4CHICh. 35 - Prob. 5CHICh. 35 - Prob. 6CHI
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