Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 22, Problem 4CTQ
- a. Describe methods used to definitively diagnose helminthic infections in humans.
- b. Explain why antihelminthic drugs are so difficult to develop, and list at least three therapeutic targets of successful drugs used today.
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Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Ch. 22.1 - Prob. 1AYPCh. 22.1 - Prob. 2AYPCh. 22.2 - Prob. 3AYPCh. 22.2 - Prob. 4AYPCh. 22.3 - List the possible causative agents for the...Ch. 22.3 - Prob. 6AYPCh. 22.3 - Name one distinct feature for each of the acute...Ch. 22.3 - Prob. 8AYPCh. 22.3 - Prob. 9AYPCh. 22.3 - Differentiate among the main types of hepatitis...
Ch. 22.4 - Prob. 11AYPCh. 22.4 - Prob. 12AYPCh. 22.4 - Prob. 13AYPCh. 22.4 - Prob. 14AYPCh. 22.4 - Prob. 15AYPCh. 22.4 - Describe the type of disease caused by Trichinella...Ch. 22.4 - Prob. 17AYPCh. 22 - Food moves down the GI tract through the action of...Ch. 22 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 22 - Gastric ulcers are caused by a. Treponema...Ch. 22 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 22 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 22 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 22 - This microorganism is commonly associated with...Ch. 22 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 22 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 22 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 22 - Prob. 11TFCh. 22 - Giardia lamblia is a water-borne, flagellated...Ch. 22 - Prob. 13TFCh. 22 - Prob. 14TFCh. 22 - Enterobius vermicularis commonly known as the...Ch. 22 - Prob. 1CTQCh. 22 - Prob. 2CTQCh. 22 - Prob. 3CTQCh. 22 - a. Describe methods used to definitively diagnose...Ch. 22 - Prob. 5CTQCh. 22 - Prob. 1VCCh. 22 - Prob. 2VCCh. 22 - Prob. 1CM
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