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The Alaskan Iditarod dog-sled race commemorates the emergency delivery of a “life-saving” serum that was needed to treat children sick with diptheria in Nome, Alaska in 1925.  (Serum is the clear liquid that can be separated from clotted blood.) The “life-saving” serum was a(n)….

Food irradiation requires a nuclear reactor, which produces radioactive waste.

In October of 2002, General Mills Inc. recalled over 4,000 cans of refried beans suspected to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. Which of the following statements regarding adult botulism IS CORRECT?

Which of the following statements regarding the control of C. botulinum in canned sauerkraut IS NOT CORRECT?

Which of the following is NOT transmitted by water contaminated with human fecal material?

The vaccines to prevent meningocococcal disease do NOT protect against Neisseria meningitidis group B because this serotype….

Food irradiation requires a nuclear reactor, which produces radioactive waste.

Which of the following is NOT transmitted by water contaminated with human fecal material?

In October of 2002, General Mills Inc. recalled over 4,000 cans of refried beans suspected to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. Which of the following statements regarding adult botulism IS CORRECT?

It is possible to treat some bacterial diseases using the hyperbaric oxygen chamber, in which the atmosphere is nearly 100% O2. Which of the following types of infection would be most effectively treated using the hyperbaric chamber? (Hint: You do not need to be familiar with these microbes or the diseases. All of the information that you need is provided in the answers.)