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BIOS 242 Final Review Questions: Chapters 9,10, 14 Chapter 9: 1) What are prions, and what do they cause? 2) How does chlorine work on a chemical level? 3) Compare and contrast therma... l death point, thermal death time, and decimal reduction time? 4) Describe each biosafety level, and what precautions are in each level? 5) Compare and contrast bactericidal versus bacteriostatic methods of microbial control? Chapter 10: 1) What is selective toxicity, and why is it possible? 2) List and explain the ways antimicrobials act on pathogens? 3) Explain the difference between narrow-spectrum and broad-spectrum antibiotics? 4) List and describe the mechanisms of resistance? Chapter 14: 1) What are the portals of entry? 2) Compare and contrast disease vs. infection 3) What is the role of adhesion in pathogenicity? 4) What is the difference between symptoms, signs, and syndromes? 5) Compare and contrast endotoxin vs. exotoxin? 6) Define endemic, sporadic, epidemic, and pandemic? 7) Compare and contrast the 3 nosocomial infections? 8) List the stages of infectious disease? [Show More]

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