Epidemiology Exam

__________ 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

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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 ___________ 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