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Lyme Disease Refers to the classic "bull's-eye" rash - correct answer Erythema migrants refers to the classic "bull's-eye" rash. What is the spirochete that causes Lyme disease? - correct answer Borrelia burgdorferi is the spirochete that causes Lyme disease. What is the vector for Borrelia burgdorferi? - correct answer Borrelia burgdorferi is transmitted by the Ixodes tick, which is also the vector for Babesia. Where is Lyme disease most common? - correct answer Lyme disease is ...

1. I was discovered in 1894 by a Swiss physician in Hong Kong 2. I was the causative agent of an epidemic that tore through Europe in the 1300s, killing millions of people 3. I am a rod shaped Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacterium 4. People most commonly become infected when bitten by an infected flea; however can also become infected from direct contact with infected fluids or tissues from an animal that is sick or has died from the disease. 5. Three types: Bubonic, septicemic, and...

Lyme Disease Questions with complete solution 2023/2024 Refers to the classic "bull's-eye" rash - correct answer Erythema migrants refers to the classic "bull's-eye" rash. What is the spirochete that causes Lyme disease? - correct answer Borrelia burgdorferi is the spirochete that causes Lyme disease. What is the vector for Borrelia burgdorferi? - correct answer Borrelia burgdorferi is transmitted by the Ixodes tick, which is also the vector for Babesia. Where is Lyme disease m...

What is the deferral period for someone who has received a blood transfusion? - Answer-12 months Where does the AABB stand on pregnancy and blood donation? - Answer-a woman is deferred if pregnant in the past 6 weeks What is the deferral period if a potential donor received the varicella zoster vaccine (live attenuated)? - Answer-4 weeks What is the deferral period for a whole blood donor who received the yellow fever live vaccine? - Answer-2 weeks What is the deferral period for someone ...

1. I was discovered in 1894 by a Swiss physician in Hong Kong 2. I was the causative agent of an epidemic that tore through Europe in the 1300s, killing millions of people 3. I am a rod shaped Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacterium 4. People most commonly become infected when bitten by an infected flea; however can also become infected from direct contact with infected fluids or tissues from an animal that is sick or has died from the disease. 5. Three types: Bubonic, septicemic, and...

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Parasitology- Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2024 What is the most common way to acquire an amoebic infection - answerCysts from contaminated food or water Acantamoeba keratitis is usually associated with - answerpoor contact lens care True or false: Enamoeba histolytica can be distinguished from E. dispar by microscopic morphology - answerFalse Which are true about Blastocystis hominis? a. Cysts are 4-6 um b. cyst includes a large central vacuole pushing nuclei to the periphe...

iron absorption - -ferric iron is taken in from diet -ferric iron is reduced by duodenal cytochrome B to become ferrous iron -ferrous iron is absorbed into enterocytes by DMT 1 -absorbed iron is stored as ferritin, or sent into portal hepatic circulation and carried by transferrin to developing RBCs transferrin - plasma carrier protein for ferrous iron high iron level regulation - -hepcidin is released from hepatocytes -ferroportin is inactivated, leading to decreased iron being transp...

NAVLE Practice Questions 10 with 100% Correct Answers piroplasmosis - answer- red water - babesia in cows spread by boophilus ticks - hemolytic anemia and hemoglobinuria (differentiates it from anaplasma), icterus, death diagnosis of heartworm in cats - answerantigen and antibody tests (antigen only female, usually dont have microfilaria) cranial nerve 6 - answercontrols lateral rectus - dysfunction = medial strabismus type 3 collagen is eventually replaced by what permanent collagen - a...

MMSC 409 Exam 1 - Complete Solutions (Answered) Will Smith types as B POS and wants his family to donate blood for his upcoming surgery. His children from his marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith wish to donate. Jada types A POS. What ABO types could their children be? A, B, AB, O Will Smith types as B POS and wants his family to donate blood for his upcoming surgery. The surgeon would like to have 2 RBC available for him during surgery. Which of the following family members are a good match for Mr....