Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25, Problem 5SA
Why might the Yersinia pestis from a patient with pneumonic plague be more dangerous than the same organism from fleas?
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Chapter 25 Solutions
Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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3. What activities of humans are likely to expose...Ch. 25 - Prob. 4SACh. 25 -
5. Why might the Yersinia pestis from a patient...Ch. 25 -
6. Why might rodent burrows be a source of plague...Ch. 25 - Prob. 7SACh. 25 - Prob. 8SACh. 25 - Prob. 9SACh. 25 -
10. Which Plasmodium species causes the most...
Ch. 25 - Which of the following infection fighters are...Ch. 25 - Which of the following statements about the spleen...Ch. 25 - Prob. 3MCCh. 25 - Prob. 4MCCh. 25 - Prob. 5MCCh. 25 - Prob. 6MCCh. 25 - Which statement about Yersinia pestis is false? a)...Ch. 25 - Prob. 8MCCh. 25 - Prob. 9MCCh. 25 - Prob. 10MCCh. 25 - Some years ago, dentists and doctors began...Ch. 25 - Prob. 2ACh. 25 -
1. At least four emerging mosquito-borne diseases...Ch. 25 -
2. Even though genetically engineered mosquitoes...
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