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What is the main danger of congenital CMV infection?
Neurological damage or hearing loss in newborns
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Why is the nymph stage of the Ixodes tick the most important for Lyme disease transmission?
It feeds on small mammals (reservoirs) and is tiny/hard to notice, staying attached long enough (2–3 days) to transmit the bacteria.
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trap
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gift
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How does Yersinia pestis use fleas to transmit plague?
It blocks the flea’s gut, causing the flea to regurgitate infected blood into the host.
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gift
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What type of tick transmits human granulocytic anaplasmosis?
Ixodes scapularis
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What organ can dangerously enlarge and rupture during infectious mononucleosis?
The spleen
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What insect transmits Lyme disease?
Ixodes tick
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What type of pathogen causes malaria?
A protozoan (Plasmodium spp.)
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Which disease is transmitted by the “kissing bug”?
Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)
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Name two symptoms that distinguish bubonic plague from pneumonic plague.
Bubonic: buboes, swollen nodes; Pneumonic: severe pneumonia, high fever, nearly 100% fatality
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What organism causes gas gangrene?
Clostridium perfringens
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Anthrax has three major virulence factors. What are they, and how does “protective antigen” help the bacteria cause severe disease?
Virulence factors: amino acid capsule, edema toxin, lethal toxin Protective antigen allows toxins to enter host cells, leading to immune evasion/ tissue damage
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What is the characteristic skin lesion seen in cutaneous anthrax?
Eschar
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