Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 17Q
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The reason for failure of quarantine as it was used to control plague.
Introduction:
Plague is caused by a gram-negative bacteria called Yersinia pestis. It has multiple phases. In the first phase lymph node inflammation occurs (buboes), which is present on neck and in the armpits, followed by muscular pain, septicemia, bacteremia, and fever. In the final stage the disease cause lower blood pressure, subcutaneous hemorrhaging, lower heart rate, and death of tissues.
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Chapter 18 Solutions
Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Ch. 18.1 - Describe the important anatomical features of the...Ch. 18.1 - List the natural defenses present in the...Ch. 18.1 - Prob. 1NPCh. 18.2 - Explain the what and the why of the normal biota...Ch. 18.3 - List the possible causative agents, modes of...Ch. 18.3 - Discuss the epidemiology of malaria.Ch. 18.3 - Prob. 6AYPCh. 18.3 - Discuss the important features of infectious...Ch. 18.3 - Prob. 8AYPCh. 18.3 - Prob. 9AYP
Ch. 18.3 - Prob. 10AYPCh. 18.3 - Prob. 11AYPCh. 18.3 - Prob. 2NPCh. 18.3 - Prob. 3NPCh. 18.3 - Prob. 1MMCh. 18.3 - Prob. 2MMCh. 18.3 - Prob. 4NPCh. 18.3 - Q. Look at the deadliness of Ebola in the feature...Ch. 18.3 - Prob. 5NPCh. 18 - Which of the following microbes have evolved an...Ch. 18 - Why do you think that malarial infection is more...Ch. 18 - In chapter 17 you were asked to speculate on why a...Ch. 18 - Which of the following is a G+ bacterium? a....Ch. 18 - What characteristic(s) of Bacillus anthracis make...Ch. 18 - Prob. 6QCh. 18 - Prob. 7QCh. 18 - Prob. 8QCh. 18 - Argue for the bloodstream being an advantageous...Ch. 18 - Prob. 10QCh. 18 - Prob. 11QCh. 18 - Use a unique characteristic of HIV to provide an...Ch. 18 - Prob. 13QCh. 18 - Prob. 14QCh. 18 - This text frequently discusses the increase in...Ch. 18 - Normal biota found in the oral cavity are most...Ch. 18 - Prob. 17QCh. 18 - For decades public health officials have been...Ch. 18 - Lyme disease is most likely to occur in a. North...Ch. 18 - Prob. 20QCh. 18 - When female mosquitoes mate with males infected...Ch. 18 - Prob. 1VC
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