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Q: What is host specialization? What is host race evolution? Why are they both important?
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Does an insect disease vector like a mosquito have to intake blood to transmit a pathogen to a host? Can one individual mosquito infect several hosts? Can one mosquito species transmit more than one disease and how is it affected by pathogens?
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- What are some organizations doing to prevent the spread of malaria?What are some countries doing to prevent the spread of malaria?Besides Lyme disease, is there another pathogen transmitted to ticks by way of the white footed mouse as its reservoir? Also, is there another pathogen that is spread to humans by ticks either from another human or animal besides the pathogen that causes Lyme disease?
- how different biological systems interact to produce disease?For any diseases caused by a virus: What is the name of the disease? What bacterium or virus or plasmodium causes the disease? Name the vector responsible for the transmission. What is the life cycle of the pathogen? How is the pathogen transmitted? What effect does the pathogen have on the host? How can spread of the disease to others be controlled?Which of the following highly contagious viruses is a single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus with a helical capsid and envelope and is transmitted by coming in contact with respiratory secretions? "This is a highly contagious respiratory illness transmitted when an infected person coughs or sneezes virus particles into the air," the health department said in a written statement. "It's so contagious that if one person is sick and spreading measles, nine out of 10 people around them who aren't immune will get it, too." Group of answer choices a. Measles b. Parvovirus c. Coxsackie virus A d. Rhinovirus
- A female Anopheles mosquito comes in contact with a person's skin and probes it with its proboscis. This now has the potential to infect the person with malaria. What type of transmission is involved in the process?Airborne transmission Mechanical transmission Direct contact transmission Biological transmissionWhat is major difference between an endemic disease and an epidemic?What is a zoonotic disease? A disease reservoir?