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This document contains a worksheet with questions about pathogens that cause gastrointestinal diseases. It covers parasites like Entamoeba histolytica and Cryptosporidium, bacteria such as Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, E. coli and Clostridium perfringens, and viruses including rotavirus, norovirus, adenovirus. The questions test knowledge about the transmission, symptoms, detection and characteristics of these pathogens.

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Week 4 Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with questions about pathogens that cause gastrointestinal diseases. It covers parasites like Entamoeba histolytica and Cryptosporidium, bacteria such as Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, E. coli and Clostridium perfringens, and viruses including rotavirus, norovirus, adenovirus. The questions test knowledge about the transmission, symptoms, detection and characteristics of these pathogens.

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BSCI348J Worksheet week 2 Module 2

PLEASE WRITE ANSWER IN RED! One point per question. 15 points to get an A
and the extra questions are for extra points.

Module2: Lecture 1/ Ch.28, 55, 73


1) Patients infected with Entamoeba histolytica pass _tissue trophozoites and
the __________ cysts in their stools.
2) TRUE/ FALSE :Infection with E. histolytica may cause asymptomatic carriage.
True
3) In the USA about _0.15%_____ % of the general population are chronic
carriers of HBV.
4) __reombinant immunoblot assay____ is used to screen the blood of normal
donors for presence of HCV.
5) HCV is primarily transmitted via infected blood and _blood products (now
rare) and intravaneous drug abuse____.

Module2: Lecture 2/ ch. 25, 26, 28, 30


6) ___Enterohemorrhagic_________ E.coli are the most common strains producing
disease in developed countries.
7) Ingestion of _S. dysenteriae, S. flexneri, S.boydil, and S.sonnel_______ Shigella
bacteria may cause disease.
8) The most common sources of human infections with Salmonella in the US are
__poultry____, __eggs____, __dairy products_____ and foods prepared on
contaminated work surfaces.
9) TRUE/ FALSE : Vibrio species are able to survive and replicate in
contaminated waters with increased salinity.
True
10) TRUE/FALSE: Strains of V. cholerae that do not produce cholera toxin are
NOT associated with epidemics.
True
11) Campylobacter jejuni grows better at (what temperature?) __42___ C than at
__37___C , which is why its zoonotic reservoir is poultry.
12) Clostridium perfringens food poisoning is usually associated with
contaminated meat products that are held at temperatures below _60___ C
which allows the organism to grow to large numbers.

Module 2: Lecture 3/ ch. 42, 47,51


13)TRUE/FALSE: Rotaviruses are one of the most common causes of serious
diarrhea in YOUNG children.
true
14) TRUE/FALSE: Norovirus infected individuals shed large amounts of virus
upon onset of symptoms AND up to 4 weeks after recovery.
False
15) Norovirus common-source outbreaks can often be attributed to one careless,
infected ____food source________.
16) Adenovirus causes _15____ % of the cases of gastroenteritis requiring
hospitalization.
BSCI348J Worksheet week 2 Module 2

Module2: Lecture 4/ ch 73
17)Most infections with Dientamoeba fragilis are __asymptomatic_______.
18) TRUE/FALSE: Cryptosporidia will be killed be the usual water purifications
procedures (chlorination, ozone).
False
19) Diagnosis of the cryptosporidia infection can be performed by staining of the
___oocytes_______ in stool samples.
20) TRUE/FALSE: Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite can have 1 to 4 nuclei.
False- cysts can

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