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Which of the following is a non-living pathogen that causes transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease?

What test involves the injection of a small amount of antigen purified protein derivative (PPD) under the skin to test for reaction?

Which term describes an extensive, possibly world- wide disease event as in the 1918 Spanish Flu or the more recent COVID-19 outbreak?

Which type of human herpes virus is responsible for common cold sores of the lips or mouth?

What bacterial shape is described as spherical? 

Ignaz Semmelweis tried to educate other physicians in ways to reduce incidence of which disease by following hand washing practices of midwives attending to perinatal patients?

Which of the following is the largest organ of the human body and the first line of defense against infection?

Which classification of microbe requires oxygen levels similar to that found in room air: 20-21% oxygen?

What bacterial cell shape is described a rod-like?