Exam 1:An Introduction to Microbiology and Human Disease-Part A

The incubation period of diseases:

Bacteria that cannot reproduce in the presence of oxygen are called:

Most bacteria stimulate antibody production because they:

A disease such as salmonella,which is acquired from contaminated food,is called:

An infection in which the person has symptoms is called:

Ticks are the vectors of:

The presence of bacteria in the blood is called:

Hydrochloric acid destroys most pathogens that get to the:

Mosquitoes are the vectors of:

Bacteria usually reproduce by a process called:

Viruses cause disease by:

An antibiotic that is effective against just a few kinds of bacteria is called:

A hospital patient whose urinary bladder infection is caused by the person's own colon flora is said to have an infection that is:

A person who recovers from a disease but continues to shed the pathogen is called:

A disease that is normally present in a population,with an expected number of cases,is said to be:

Intestinal pathogens are usually spread by the:

The sweeping of ciliated epithelium normally prevents pathogens from reaching the:

The part of the small intestine with the largest resident flora is the:

A zoonosis is a disease that:

Bacterial cells that have capsules are: