Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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ISBN: 9780073402437
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13.3, Problem 21AYP
Summary Introduction
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The examples of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases
Concept introduction:
Emerging diseases are caused by microbes that have never been seen before. These diseases are caused by new microbes. Reemerging diseases are due to microorganisms that have become more prevalent in a population often due to increased virulence, travel, or due to lack of vaccination.
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Chapter 13 Solutions
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 1AYPCh. 13.1 - Identify the sites where normal biota is found in...Ch. 13.1 - Discuss how the Human Microbiome Project has...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 2CFCh. 13.2 - Differentiate between a microbes pathogenicity and...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 5AYPCh. 13.2 - List the steps a microbe has to take to get to the...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 7AYPCh. 13.2 - Prob. 8AYPCh. 13.2 - Prob. 9AYP
Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 10AYPCh. 13.2 - Prob. 11AYPCh. 13.2 - Draw and label a curve representing the course of...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 13AYPCh. 13.2 - List six different modes of horizontal...Ch. 13.2 - Define healthcare-associated infection, listing...Ch. 13.2 - List Kochs postulates, and explain alternative...Ch. 13.3 - Summarize the goals of epidemiology and the role...Ch. 13.3 - Identify why some diseases are notifiable, and...Ch. 13.3 - Prob. 19AYPCh. 13.3 - Discuss the three major types of epidemics, and...Ch. 13.3 - Prob. 21AYPCh. 13.3 - Prob. 22AYPCh. 13 - Prob. 1CFCh. 13 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 13 - A positive antibody test for HIV would be a...Ch. 13 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 11TFCh. 13 - Prob. 12TFCh. 13 - Prob. 13TFCh. 13 - Prob. 14TFCh. 13 - Prob. 15TFCh. 13 - Based upon data from the Human Microbiome Project...Ch. 13 - Prob. 2CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 3CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 4CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 5CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 6CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 7CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 8CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 9CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 10CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 1CCCh. 13 - Prob. 2CCCh. 13 - Prob. 3CCCh. 13 - Prob. 4CCCh. 13 - Prob. 5CCCh. 13 - Prob. 6CCCh. 13 - Prob. 1VCCh. 13 - Prob. 2VCCh. 13 - Appendix D provides guidance for working with...
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