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 40.4, Problem 1RIA
Describe two piedras that infect humans.
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Ch. 40.3 - What malarial stages could vaccines block? What...Ch. 40.4 - Prob. 1MICh. 40.4 - How do fungi causing subcutaneous mycoses gain...Ch. 40.4 - Describe two piedras that infect humans.Ch. 40.4 - Briefly describe the major tineas that occur in...Ch. 40.4 - Prob. 3RIACh. 40.4 - How would you diagnose trichomoniasis in a female?...Ch. 40.5 - Upon entry into the human host by the nose or...Ch. 40.6 - How do infections caused by Entamoeba histolytica...Ch. 40.6 - What is the most common cause of epidemic...Ch. 40.6 - In what two ways does Toxoplasma affect human...Ch. 40.6 - Prob. 4RIACh. 40.6 - What parts of the human body can be affected by...Ch. 40.6 - Prob. 6RIACh. 40.6 - When is Pneumocystis pneumonia likely to occur in...Ch. 40 - What is one distinct feature of fungi that could...Ch. 40 - Prob. 2CHICh. 40 - Trypanosomes are notorious for their ability to...Ch. 40 - The initial, nonsymptomatic liver stage (LS) of...Ch. 40 - Prob. 5CHI
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