EBK BROCK BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS
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ISBN: 8220103633352
Author: Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 32.7, Problem 3MQ
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A disease outbreak is the rapid spreading of the disease from one individual to another within a specified area for a given period of time. The disease outbreak can take place at any public place like school, cafeteria, restaurant, hotel, military mess, and so on. The disease can be spread by an infected individual or contaminated food or water.
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EBK BROCK BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS
Ch. 32.1 - What is potable water?Ch. 32.1 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.1 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.2 - Why is Escherichia coli used as an indicator...Ch. 32.2 - What procedures are used to ensure the safety of...Ch. 32.2 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.3 - What organism causes cholera, and what are the...Ch. 32.3 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.3 - Prob. 3MQCh. 32.3 - Why are antibiotics ineffective for the treatment...
Ch. 32.4 - How is legionellosis transmitted?Ch. 32.4 - Identify specific measures for control of...Ch. 32.4 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.5 - Contrast the causative agents of typhoid and noro...Ch. 32.5 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.5 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.6 - List the major food groups as categorized by their...Ch. 32.6 - Identify physical and chemical methods used for...Ch. 32.6 - List some dairy, meat, beverage, and vegetable...Ch. 32.6 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 32.7 - Describe microbial sampling procedures for solid...Ch. 32.7 - Prob. 3MQCh. 32.7 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.8 - Identify the symptoms and mechanism of...Ch. 32.8 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.8 - Staphylococcal food poisoning results from the...Ch. 32.9 - Prob. 1MQCh. 32.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.9 - Clostridium food poisoning results from ingestion...Ch. 32.10 - Describe salmonellosis food infection. How does a...Ch. 32.10 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.10 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.11 - How do STEC strains of Escherichia coli differ...Ch. 32.11 - Why are meats prime vehicles for pathogenic E....Ch. 32.11 - Toxigenic Escherichia coli cause many food...Ch. 32.12 - Describe the pathology of Campylobacter food...Ch. 32.12 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.12 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.13 - Prob. 1MQCh. 32.13 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.13 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.14 - In what two forms can Bacillus cereus food...Ch. 32.14 - Compared with all other foodborne or waterborne...Ch. 32.14 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32 - As a visitor to a country in which cholera is an...Ch. 32 - Prob. 2AQCh. 32 - Prob. 3AQ
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