Question: Which of the following organisms causes syphilis? a. Enteropathogenic b. E. coli c. Neisseria gonorrheae d. Treponema pallidum e. Chlamydia trachomatis Syphilis: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease. It is usually p...
Question: Which of the following cells are involved in nonspecific immunity? a. B cells b. Cytotoxic T cells c. Helper T cells d. Neutrophils Innate Immunity: Innate immunity is the nonspecific, second line immunity. The innate immunity is diffe...
We retrospectively evaluated the febrile neutropenia episodes of hematological patients and their outcomes with respect to fungal pathogens and antifungal therapy. The study covers all consecutive patients older than 14 years of age and who developed febrile neutropenia episodes from September 2011 and Sept...
Fungi are frequently found within insect galls. However, the origin of these fungi, whether they are acting as pathogens, saprophytes invading already dead
Presently, the use of resistant plant varieties is the most common method to prevent and control the occurrence of this disease (3). However, with the common practice of crop monoculture of plant cultivars and the dynamic genetic and epigenetic changes in the physiological races of pathogens, ...
A right parasternal long-axis view using a parametric approach yielded the following normal left atrial area (LAAo) values: LAAo<21, mildly enlarged=21<LAAo<25, moderately enlarged=25<LAAo<27, and severely enlarged=LAAo>27.The participants' primary classification of LA sizes fell into four...
Pathogens including apple scab are controlled with the systematic application on fruit crops of organic compositions comprising yucca extract, elemental sulphur and salicylic acid.LEAHY, JAMES JR
Lagudah ES, Krattinger SG, Herrera-Foessel S, Singh RP, Huerta-Espino J, Spielmeyer W, et al. Gene-specific markers for the wheat gene Lr34/Yr18/Pm38 which confers resistance to multiple fungal pathogens . Theor Appl Genet . 2009; 119 : 889–98. doi: 10.1007/s00122-009-1097-z...
Which of the following can synthesize its own food? (a) Heterotroph (b) Herbivore (c) Autotroph (d) Carnivore Food Chain: A food chain (or food web) is a pictorial depiction of food consumption of various organisms in an ecological niche. Energy is ...
Which of the following infectious diseases was prevented by the first successful vaccination? A. Polio B. Tuberculosis C. Smallpox D. Tetanus E. Rubella Immunization: The process of protecting an individual against an infectio...