Microbiology Trivia 9: Microbe-Host Interactions

The flu is a/an ____.

• Localized infection

• Systemic infection

• Focal infection

Accumulation of fluid

• Edema

• Sequelae

• Granuloma

• Latency

When a contaminated healthcare worker transmits an infection from one patient to another.

• Asymptomatic carrier

• Passive carrier

• Incubation carrier

• Chronic carrier

When someone is contagious with a cold but doesn't yet know they have a cold.

• Asymptomatic carrier

• Passive carrier

• Incubation carrier

• Chronic carrier

A housefly that lands on dog poop and then lands on your sandwich.

• Biological vector

• Mechanical vector

Children under 4 get chicken pox at predictable, regular rates in the US. That makes chicken pox ____.

• Endemic

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

Koch's Postulates help us determine the ____ of a disease.

• Endemicity

• Asymptomatic carriers

• Causative agent

• Existence

INCREASE in white blood cells

• Leukocytosis

• Leukopenia

Bacteremia is when you have this.

• A LOT of bacteria in your blood, rapidly multiplying

• SOME bacteria in your blood

Please don't lick the doorknob as it is a/an ___.

• Vector

• Zoonosis

• Abscess

• Fomite