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The third stage of acute disease, during which the number of pathogens present in the host is greatest and the signs and symptoms of disease are most severe
Microbiology Pharmacist Competitive Exams
Q. The third stage of acute disease, during which the number of pathogens present in the host is greatest and the signs and symptoms of disease are most severe
Ans → period of illness
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Ans → otitis externa
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Q. A compound released from a natural killer cell that creates pores in the target cell through which other toxins (particularly granzymes) can gain access to the cytoplasm
Ans → perforin
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Q. Test in which antigen and antisera are added to neighboring wells in an agar gel, allowing visualization of precipitin arcs
Ans → Ouchterlony assay
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Q. Fourth stage of disease, during which the number of pathogens present in the host decreases, along with signs and symptoms of disease
Ans → period of decline
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Q. The chemical reaction that removes electrons (often as part of H atoms) from donor molecules, leaving them oxidized
Ans → oxidation reaction
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Q. The third stage of acute disease, during which the number of pathogens present in the host is greatest and the signs and symptoms of disease are most severe
Ans → period of illness
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Ans → oxidative phosphorylation
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Q. A highly infectious zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii that farmers can contract from their animals by inhalation
Ans → Q fever
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Q. The inflammation of the gums that is more severe than gingivitis, spreading deeper into the tissues
Ans → periodontitis
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Q. The isolation of an individual for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease
Ans → quarantine
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Q. The network of neurons that connects the CNS with organs, sensory organs, and muscles throughout the body
Ans → peripheral nervous system
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Q. Structure of protein complexes formed by the combination of several separate polypeptides or subunits
Ans → quaternary structure
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Q. The mechanism by which regulatory T cells inhibit self-reactive immune responses in T cells that have already exited the thymus
Ans → peripheral tolerance
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Ans → quinolines
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Ans → protecting group
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Q. The term given to organic molecules which contain no multiple bonds.
Ans → saturated
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Q. The sideways projection of a carbon-carbon single bond and the attached substituents.
Ans → sawhorse projection
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Q. Yellowish color of the skin and mucous membranes caused by excessive bilirubin caused by a failure of the liver to effectively process the breakdown of hemoglobin
Ans → jaundice
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Q. Type of mutation involving the addition of one or more bases into a DNA sequence
Ans → insertion
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Q. Having numerous flagella covering the entire surface of a bacterial cell is known as
Ans → peritrichous
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Q. The electrons of an atom that are highest in energy and in the outermost orbitals.
Ans → Valence Electrons
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Q. Lowest concentration of an antibacterial drug necessary to inhibit the growth of a microorganism.
Ans → minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)
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Q. Name a stage in the drying of solids, above which the drying rate is linear, at which the drying rate ceases to be linear, until it reaches the equilibrium moisture content.
Ans → critical moisture content
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Q. The inhibition of the enzyme pancreatic lipase by bile salts is overcome by a protein, namely
Ans → Colipase
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Q. FIGLU (formimino glutamic acid) is excreted in urine in the deficiency of vitamin
Ans → Folic acid
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Q. Sweet (often colored) dilute alcohol-based, “hydroalcoholic”, liquid used in the compounding of drugs to be taken by mouth in order to improve palatability.
Ans → elixir
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Ans → periodontitis
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Ans → mebendazole
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Ans → polarimeter
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Ans → lincosamides
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Ans → critical mass
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Ans → Gram stain procedure
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Ans → neutralization reaction
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Ans → Electrophoresis
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Ans → divided granule
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Ans → bioavailability
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Ans → heterotroph
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Ans → 2-Acylglycerol and free fatty acids
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Q. A ligand that binds to a receptor and alters the receptor state resulting in a biological response.
Ans → Agonist
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Q. The clones of cell produced by fusing a normal B cell with a myeloma cell that is capable of producing monoclonal antibodies indefinitely
Ans → hybridoma
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Ans → peripheral nervous system
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Q. Molecules that have the same molecular formula and sequence of atoms yet differ in their 3-D orientation.
Ans → Stereoisomer
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Q. The enzyme that is regulated by feedback inhibition in heme synthesis is
Ans → δ -Aminolevulinate synthase
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