Micro Quiz 4 Ch. 10-12

11. ____________ are known to carry and transmit yellow fever, malaria, dengue

13. What is the largest phylum in the animal kingdom and includes ticks, louse, mosquitoes, and fleas?

24. The louse (Pediculus humanus) is responsible for transmitting epidemic typhus, the causative agent of which is:

(SSSS) peeling of the skin and epidermal arrhythmia, leaving areas that have a scalded or burned appearance is caused by

15. Which of the following is not an identified causative agent for the condition known as Aspergillosis?

5. What is the other name for Flagellates like Giardia lamblia?

16. ______ is an uncommon infection caused by the fungal group called Mucoromycotina.

8. Platyhelminths (Flatworms) include flukes and:

7. Which of the following is not a category of parasitic Helminth?

14. What is the causative agent behind plague?

4. What causative agent causes diarrheal disease ranging from mild diarrhea to more severe malabsorption syndrome?

18. The condition commonly called “Jock itch” is caused by ringworm, the medical term for it is:

3. What is the other name for the Amoebas?

10. Which of the following is not a vector?

22. S. aureus produce ___________________, toxin a super antigen producing the disease Toxic Shock Syndrome

2. What is the causative agent behind amoebic dysentery?

21 Boils, Bullous Impetigo, Osteomyelitis, caused gram-positive, facultative anaerobe, with a cluster arrangement called

6. Gram-negative pleomorphic coccobacilli that is the causative agent for epidemic typhus (or Old World typhus fever)?

9. An organism that does not directly cause disease, rather spreads pathogenic organisms from one host to another is a:

17. A dermatophytosis infection found in the beard area is:

19. What is the number one cause of surgical site infections (SSIs) in the United States?

1. An organism that lives on, with, or in another organism is a:

12. ________ is a host in which the parasite lives its entire life cycle.

25. The ability of a microbe to move itself (self-locomotion) is called:

20. Which gram-positive cocci, facultative anaerobe commonly found on the skin and nasal passages, that appears in clus