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__________________ occurs when an endospore enters through a cut or scrap on the skin, usually from handling infected animals or contaminated animal products like wool, hides, or hair. 

Which of the following is not part of the normal flora of the skin? 

In order to prevent shock and death due to Vibrio cholerae infections, physicians should _______________. 

Measles is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable death among children. 

Patient is an 8 year old boy who presents with thin-walled, fluid-filled vesicles on red bases covering the body, fever, malaise, and swollen lymph nodes in his neck. What is he suffering from?

Pathogens have a variety of traits that interact with a host. In what way(s) do these traits aid their interaction?

If exposed to exotoxins, the hot can generate antibodies against the toxin which are called______________. 

Many pathogens secrete  _______ that contribute to their pathogenicity. Example-coagulase

Your patient has been infected with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Which of the following symptom(s) would you expect to see?

Yersinia pestis causes two plagues. The  _______ plague results in swollen, painful lymph nodes and fever. While the  _______ plague results in respiratory distress and extremely high mortality.