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Q: What are the risk factors associated with contracting chromoblastomycosisand phaeohyphomycosis?

A: The fungal infection is also called mycosis that is a skin disease. There are fungi millions of…

Q: How can type IV pili facilitate pathogenesis? What are hami?

A: Pathogenesis is characterized as the origin and development of a disease. In many cases, the tissue…

Q: Mosquitos are the most common vector for malaria. How do mosquitos acquire the initial plasmodium…

A: Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium group of parasites. It is characterized by a pattern of…

Q: What are some ways in which Wolbachia species canaffect insects?

A: The genus Wolbachia is a Gram-negative bacterium. It is an obligate parasite of arthropod species…

Q: How can UTI transmission be reduced or prevented?

A: Urinary Tract Infections - UTI is one of the most common infections encountered almost in every age…

Q: What is the best way to prevent transmissible spongiform encephalopathies?

A: Answer: Introduction: Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), also called as a prion…

Q: What is the name of the infective stage of the malaria parasite inhumans and mosquitoes?

A: Vector-borne diseases refer to a disease that results from an infection communicated to humans and…

Q: What genetic differences make some individuals more and some less susceptible to malaria ?

A: DNA is the genetic material in most living organisms. It is the information hub of the cell that…

Q: What is the extent of damage of the black sigatoka disease to the banana industry in the…

A: Black sigatoka or black leaf streak disease is an important foliar disease in banana caused by a…

Q: What are the vectors for malaria, dengue fever, plague flea, African sleeping sickness, Chagas’…

A: INTRODUCTION - Malaria disease is  caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of…

Q: In which of the hosts does sexual mating of P. falciparum gametes occur?

A: Infection: Infection is the process of establishment and growth/ multiplication of the…

Q: What are the signs of disease in immature stages of infected intermediate hosts of Echinococcus…

A: *Echinococcus multilocularis is a small tapeworm found in northern hemisphere. * Echinococcus…

Q: Does EBV have a parasitic relationship with its host since it infects the host?

A: Parasitism is a type of interspecific relationship in which one, the parasite, is benefitted while…

Q: What are the insect vector, the natural host reservoir, and thetreatment for plague?

A: Plague is a type of infectious disease which is caused by Yersinia pestis bacterium. Generally the…

Q: Diphyllobothrium Latum infective stage to the second intermediate host

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Q: What screening and confirmatory tests for Syphillis are being used here in the Philippines

A: Syphilis is a type of infection caused by bacteria. In this disease, an infection-causing pathogen…

Q: What role does the invertebrate host play in the life cycle of the trypanosomes? Explain.

A: The invertebrate consists of several varieties of organisms. The number of organisms is mostly…

Q: What is the germ theory of disease? why it is essential to the treatment of infectious diseases?

A: Microbiology is the study of microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye. The microorganisms…

Q: How might climate change or increased global connectivity (such as international travel) affect the…

A: Shigella shigella bacteria causes shigellosis infection. It spread through contaminated food and…

Q: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of targeted vs mass control for zoonotic malaria.

A: Malaria is also caused by the parasite knowlesi in humans. It is the first important zoonotic…

Q: How do the antifungal drugs such as Polyenes, Griseofulvin, Azoles, and 5-flurocytosine affect…

A: Chemicals are used as antifungal agents. They affect the vital process of the fungal cell and affect…

Q: Enumerate and explain the five (5) symptoms of rice gall midge damage.

A: Introduction: Rice gall midge: It is a pest for paddy crops.  This pest causes a tubular gall at the…

Q: What aspects of the transmission of scrapie or other spongiform encephalopathies act like genetic…

A: Scrapie is the archetype TSE (transmissible spongiform encephalopathy). It is a naturally arising…

Q: hy is the Baermann-Moraes method suitable for a suspect strongyloidiasis? Why is it considered a…

A: Strongyloidiasis is a disease caused the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis. It is believed to…

Q: What is the cause of malaria? Why does the presence of sickle cell trait confer resistance to some…

A: Malaria is caused by Plasmodium vivax or Plasmodium falciparum. The organism completes its life…

Q: Which animal is remained free from minamata disease in minamata bay japan?

A: The process of conversion of mercury to water-soluble Dimethyl mercury,  which undergoes with the…

Q: 1)What's Trichomoniasis, name the causative agent. how it can be transmitted, causes and symptoms?

A: Since we only answer one question at a time, we’ll answer the first one. Please resubmit the…

Q: Why does nutrient deprivation trigger sexual reproduction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae?

A: Reproduction is the biological process through which one or two organisms produce a new living…

Q: What difference between these two variants makes the transmission of Borrellia burgdorferi lower in…

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Q: Which measures should we practice to prevent spread and infection of Schistosoma japonicum?

A: Schistosoma japonicum is a significant parasite and one of the main schistosomiasis infecting…

Q: Why is virulence expected to increase with vector or water-borne transmission, relative to direct…

A: Vector is an organism that carries and transmits a pathogen from one host to another. Vectors are…

Q: Compare and contrast the exotoxins and endotoxin. What are the limitations in their detection by…

A: Endotoxin is a lipopolysaccharide that consists of the lipid A portion containing fatty acids and…

Q: How do i obtain gene sequences from a plasmodium falciparum whole genome sequence?

A: Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan that infects human beings and is responsible for…

Q: What are someprophylactic measures fortapeworm infections?

A: The various species of tapeworm cause a parasitic infection in humans known as taeniasis. These…

Q: What yeast is a member of the normal microbiota and is associated with opportunistic infections?

A: Microflora is a part of microbiota. All living things at a miniature level are microbiota. All…

Q: What is the mechanism by which C. scindenssuppresses colonization by C. difficile?

A: Clostiridium difficle is an opportunistic bacterium present in the intestine and is the major cause…