biol 243 - medical microbiology

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Lecture 1 - Bacterial Cell Structure
Describe the structure and functi...,
Describe the structure and functi...,
What are inclusions and what is t...
16  cards
Lecture 2 - Bacterial Identification
How are bacteria identified,
What are the taxonomic hierarchies,
What is meant by strian differences
9  cards
Lecture 3 - Bacterial Nutrition
What do bacteria require in terms...,
What are the two methods in which...,
How do bacteria aquire nitrogen
18  cards
Lecture 4 - Bacteria and Disease
What is the role of bacteria in f...,
Define disease infection and path...,
What is virulence and infective dose
9  cards
Lecture 5 - Biofilms
Describe how bacteria arrive at a...,
Why are attachment protiens impor...,
What are generic adhesins
8  cards
Lecture 6 - Virulence factors
How are biofilm coated surfaces c...,
Define viurlence and pathogenisity,
What are invasins
6  cards
Lecture 7 - Virulence factors II and Evading phagocytosis
What are superantigens,
What are the two methods of expos...,
What are sierophores
11  cards
Lecture 8 - Antibiotics
Discuss the history of antibiotics,
What are antibiotics,
Name some antibiotic mechanisms
11  cards
Lecture 9 - Antibiotic resistance
What is antibiotic resistance,
Why is antibiotic resistance incr...,
Why is antimicrobial resistance a...
14  cards
Lecture 10 - Opportunistic infection
Define true pathogencommensaloppo...,
What are kochs postulates,
What is the difference between vi...
14  cards
Lecture 11 - Healthcare Aquired Infections
What are healthcare aquired infec...,
What are the sources of healthcar...,
What factors affect hai
7  cards
Lecture 12 - Emerging threats and alternative therapies
What are some emerging threats ba...,
What is yersinia pestis,
Describe legionella pneumophila
10  cards
Lecture 13 - Parasitology and Malaria
What are parasites,
Give examples of both protozoan a...,
How are parasitological diseases ...
9  cards
Lecture 14 - Diagnosis of Parasitic infections: Protozoa
What is leishmaniasis,
Discuss the diagnosis and lifecyc...,
Discuss the epidemiology of leish...
19  cards
Lecture 15 - Helminths
What is schistosomiasis,
Describe the epidemiology of schi...,
Describe the clinical diagnosis o...
9  cards
Lecture 16 - Virus Taxonomy, Structure and cell entry
How do the size of viruses vary,
Discuss viral taxonomy,
How does virus structure vary
4  cards
Lecture 17 - Viral diseases I
Name some emerging diseases,
Discuss a rhinovirus infection,
Discuss the incubation period of evd
7  cards
Lecture 18 - Viral Diseases II
What are the viral points of entry,
What are some infectious pathways,
How do respiratory viruses enter ...
11  cards
Lecture 19 - Viral epidemiology
Describe hiv distribution,
Discuss the epidemiology of west ...,
Discuss the epidemiology of zika
6  cards
Lecture 20 - Vaccination and treatment of viral diseases
Define intrinsic innate cellular ...,
What evidence proves that vaccine...,
Give examples of diseases that ha...
13  cards

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