Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

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Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Whooping cough is a prolonged illness caused by toxins produced by ___________ bacteria.

B. pertussis is a strictly human pathogen.

Whooping cough is most communicable at the __________ phase.

Influenza ____ has the greatest virulence and epidemic spread.

Influenza A and B have _ segments of negative-sense , single stranded RNA, while Influenza C has _ segments.

____________ has 15 recognized subtypes and is important for viral attachment.

_________ is a "slower process" that may result in as little as a single mutation in the viral RNA, occuring every few years in influenza A.

H1N1 receptors are predominantly found in the ___________ .

The influenza virus causes no significant GI involvment.

The most common mode of transmission for influenza virus is ________________.

Avian influenza viruses (H5N1) can retain infectivity for __________ outside the host.

______________ is the most common way in which influenza may cause death.

MTB can produce large quantities of ___________, which is uncommon to other mycobacteria.

______________ of tuberculin is used for skin testing of MTB exposure.

Primary tuberculosis in which inhaled droplet nuclei are deposited in the peripheral respiratory alveoli, most frequently occurs in __________ lobe(s) of the lungs.

The mixture of _ and _ responses manifests in a microscopic structure called a granuloma.

and _ are the leading causes of premature death in the world.

Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Whooping cough is a prolonged illness caused by toxins produced by ___________ bacteria.

B. pertussis is a strictly human pathogen.

Whooping cough is most communicable at the __________ phase.

Influenza ____ has the greatest virulence and epidemic spread.

Influenza A and B have ___ segments of negative-sense , single stranded RNA, while Influenza C has ___ segments.

____________ has 15 recognized subtypes and is important for viral attachment.

_________ is a "slower process" that may result in as little as a single mutation in the viral RNA, occuring every few years in influenza A.

H1N1 receptors are predominantly found in the ___________ .

The influenza virus causes no significant GI involvment.

The most common mode of transmission for influenza virus is ________________.

Avian influenza viruses (H5N1) can retain infectivity for __________ outside the host.

______________ is the most common way in which influenza may cause death.

MTB can produce large quantities of ___________, which is uncommon to other mycobacteria.

______________ of tuberculin is used for skin testing of MTB exposure.

Primary tuberculosis in which inhaled droplet nuclei are deposited in the peripheral respiratory alveoli, most frequently occurs in __________ lobe(s) of the lungs.

The mixture of _________ and _________ responses manifests in a microscopic structure called a granuloma.

________ and _________ are the leading causes of premature death in the world.

Influenza A and B have _ segments of negative-sense , single stranded RNA, while Influenza C has _ segments.

The mixture of _ and _ responses manifests in a microscopic structure called a granuloma.

and _ are the leading causes of premature death in the world.