Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 3CTQ
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Whether Koch’s postulates have been met for HIV as the causative agent that leads to the development of AIDS, along with reasons.
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The Koch’s postulates determine the causative agents of any newly recognized condition. Koch’s postulates continue to play an essential role in modern epidemiology.
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Chapter 13 Solutions
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 1AYPCh. 13.1 - Identify the sites where normal biota is found in...Ch. 13.1 - Discuss how the Human Microbiome Project has...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 4AYPCh. 13.2 - Differentiate between a microbes pathogenicity and...Ch. 13.2 - List the steps a microbe has to take to get to the...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 7AYPCh. 13.2 - Prob. 8AYPCh. 13.2 - Prob. 9AYPCh. 13.2 - Prob. 10AYP
Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 11AYPCh. 13.2 - Draw and label a curve representing the course of...Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 13AYPCh. 13.2 - List six different modes of horizontal...Ch. 13.2 - Define healthcare-associated infection, listing...Ch. 13.2 - List Kochs postulates, and explain alternative...Ch. 13.3 - Summarize the goals of epidemiology and the role...Ch. 13.3 - Identify why some diseases are notifiable, and...Ch. 13.3 - Prob. 19AYPCh. 13.3 - Discuss the three major types of epidemics, and...Ch. 13.3 - Prob. 21AYPCh. 13 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 13 - A positive antibody test for HIV would be a...Ch. 13 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 13 - Prob. 11TFCh. 13 - Prob. 12TFCh. 13 - Prob. 13TFCh. 13 - Prob. 14TFCh. 13 - Prob. 15TFCh. 13 - Based upon data from the Human Microbiome Project...Ch. 13 - Prob. 2CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 3CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 4CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 5CTQCh. 13 - Prob. 1VCCh. 13 - Appendix D provides guidance for working with...
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