BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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Question
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Classify the bacteria as a noncommunicable disease.
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Classify the bacteria as a communicable disease.
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Reisolate it, and determine if it is the original unknown bacteria.
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Treat the original 20 individuals with antibiotics.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Their samples were grown in culture and then placed in 10 healthy mice. Those mice started to show signs of a heightened immune response. To determine if the bacteria is pathogenic, what is the next step by using Koch’s postulates? Reisolate it, and determine if it is the original unknown bacteria.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement best describes the germ theory of disease? Diseases are caused by the presence and action of specific microorganisms.
Detailed explanation-3: -Microorganisms that cause disease are collectively called pathogens. Pathogens cause disease either by disrupting the bodies normal processes and/or stimulating the immune system to produce a defensive response, resulting in high fever, inflammation? and other symptoms.