THIRD MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

USE THIS STUDY GUIDE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHAPTER OUTLINES YOU MADE AS WELL AS THE HANDOUTS THAT CAME WITH YOUR COURSE PACKET.


1. CAN YOU MATCH THE FOLLOWING ORGANISMS WITH THE DISEASES THEY CAUSE?

2. ARE THERE ANY INFECTIOUS CAUSES OF BLINDNESS?

3.WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RUBELLA AND PREGNANCY? IS THERE A VACCINE?

4. WHICH IS MORE CONTAGIOUS -- HANSEN'S DISEASE OR TUBERCULOSIS?

5. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN RHEUMATIC FEVER?

6. HOW MANY TYPES OF INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS ARE THERE AND WHAT IS THEIR MODE OF TRANSMISSION?

7. WHAT ARE SOME COMMON TYPES OF PNEUMONIA?

8. WHAT IS THE MODE OF TRANSMISSION AND WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SALMONELLA GASTROENTERITIS?

9. WHAT IS THE MODE OF TRANSMISSION AND WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS AND CONSEQUENCES OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING?

10. WHAT ARE THE SEQUELLA OF UNTREATED GONORRHEA?

11. WHAT ARE THE COMMON CAUSES OF BLADDER INFECTION?

12. WHICH VIRUSES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER?

13. NEARLY 70% OF THE PATIENTS SEEN IN STD CLINICS ARE MALE. OFFER A REASON WHY MEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEEK TREATMENT THAN WOMEN. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WOMEN SEEK TREATMENT FOR STD'S?

14. WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS AND THE PRACTICES SURROUNDING GENITAL HERPES SIMPLEX INFECTION AND PREGNANCY.

15. WHAT ARE THE THREE COMMON TYPES OF VAGINITIS AND VAGINOIS?

16. WHICH SUGAR IS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF DENTAL CARIES? HOW HAVE GERM FREE ANIMALS BEEN USED TO SHOW THE ETIOLOGY OF DENTAL CARIES? DOES YOUR BOOK SAY ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE USE OF MOUTHWASHES?

17. HOW DID THE 1918 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC DIFFER FROM USUAL FLU EPIDEMICS? DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF INFLUENZA VIRUS. WHAT ARE THE HEMAGGLUTININ AND NEURAMINIDASE SPIKES?

18. DESCRIBE THE DISEASE PROCESS OF TUBERCULOSIS. HOW DOES ONE GET IT? HOW DOES ONE TREAT IT? HOW DOES ONE TEST FOR IT? IS THERE A VACCINATION? WHAT'S NEW ABOUT THIS DISEASE? WHERE IS IT FOUND THESE DAYS?

19. WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE COMMON COLD? DESCRIBE SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT DESCRIBES TRANSMISSION.

20. RECENTLY DENGUE FEVER HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS - WITH REGARD TO A POSIBLE EPIDEMIC IN CENTRAL AMERICA AS WELL AS A SUSPECTED CASE HERE - WHAT IS DENGUE FEVER AND HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?