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Use the following scenario to answer the next 4 questions. Betty, a woman in her mid-thirties, is going into labor with her second child.  Her blood type is B-.  Her partner, Bud, is O+.  The baby seems fine, but when the placenta detaches, Betty begins to hemorrhage and needs blood.   Question 1:  What type of blood can Betty receive?  (choose all that apply)

the primary aim of industrial food canning is to kill off what organism?  If this is killed, usually everything else harmful has been killed as well.

How do antihistamines work?

Why has vaccine research declined?  Give TWO reasons.

***continuation of last question**** Question 4:  Why does Betty’s child have hemolytic disease of the newborn?

WORD BANK:  low, high, intoxication, infection (Spell the word correctly and do not add any spaces or it will mark wrong!) Staphylococcal food poisoning is an _______ and requires a  _______ dosage to make you sick.  Shigella is an  _______ and requires a  _______ dosage to make you sick.

Barrier methods of the immune system work in several ways. Below, list TWO different barriers and the way that they work. Barrier 1: How it works: Barrier 2: How it works:  

What shape do you see in the gram stain below?

List 4 of the 8 (or 9, depending on where you look) foods responsible for 97% of true food allergies.   List all of them for an extra credit point!

Which stain is often used first in the identification of an organism?