Microbiology: ... by Taxonomy (Instructor's)
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Author: BAUMAN
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 24, Problem 3CCS
(1)
Summary Introduction
To determine:
Name of the condition that alarms the doctors.
Case summary:
In the given scenario, Duyen visits her campus clinic with a two-week history of nausea, low-grade fever, fatigue, and mild pain in the upper right abdominal quadrant. The doctor observes Duyen’s eyes and skin and tells her that it’s not because of influenza.
(2)
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The disease that Duyen has.
Case summary:
In the given scenario, Duyen visits her campus clinic with a two-week history of nausea, low-grade fever, fatigue, and mild pain in the upper right abdominal quadrant. The doctor observes Duyen’s eyes and skin and tells her that it’s not because of influenza.
(3)
Summary Introduction
To determine:
How Duyen might have been infected.
Case summary:
In the given scenario, Duyen visits her campus clinic with a two-week history of nausea, low-grade fever, fatigue, and mild pain in the upper right abdominal quadrant. The doctor observes Duyen’s eyes and skin and tells her that it’s not because of influenza.
(4)
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The DNA virus that caused this disease.
Case summary:
In the given scenario, Duyen visits her campus clinic with a two-week history of nausea, low-grade fever, fatigue, and mild pain in the upper right abdominal quadrant. The doctor observes Duyen’s eyes and skin and tells her that it’s not because of influenza.
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Microbiology: ... by Taxonomy (Instructor's)
Ch. 24 - If the envelope of a particular virus were...Ch. 24 - Prob. 2MCCh. 24 - Prob. 3MCCh. 24 - Prob. 4MCCh. 24 - Prob. 5MCCh. 24 - Prob. 6MCCh. 24 - Prob. 7MCCh. 24 - Prob. 8MCCh. 24 - Prob. 9MCCh. 24 - Prob. 10MC
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