Epidemiology Quiz 1

__________ is the scientific study that deals with diseases.

• etiology

• pathology

• epidemiology

• infection

This term is mainly dealing with what the cause of the disease is could be.

• pathology

• epidemiology

• etiology

• infection

the presence of a particular type of microorganism in a part of the body where it is NOT normally found is known as _____________________

• an infection

• etiology

• pathology

• diseases

True or False:

Newborn's intestines are usually free of any type of microbe and are completely sterile.

• True

• False

What type of microbe would usually rapidly multiply in a woman's vagina right before birth?

• propionibacterium

• enterobacteriaceae

• lactobacilli

• none of the above

After some time, e. coli usually inhabit what part of the newborn's intestines?

• large intestines

• small intestines

• stomach

• appendix

If a certain microbe suddenly appears in the body of a person and after several weeks completely vanish, this is known as

• normal microbiota

• transient microbiota

• diseases

• none of the above

**Fill in the blank, make sure you spell correctly**

It has been proposed that insufficient exposure to microbes in childhood m ay interfere with proper development of the immune system and may play a role in increased risks of allergies and other immune disorders.

This is known as (a)   hypothesis.

What microbe is responsible for nearly ALL gastrointestinal infections that follow antibiotic therapy, from mild diarrhea to severe or even fatal inflammation of the colon?

• clostridium difficile

• lactobacilli

• Propionibacterium

• none of the above

Koch played a major role in helping to understand that microbes are able to cause specific diseases.

What type of job did Koch have when we started these experiments?

• physician

• mathmatician

• engineer

• all of the above