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Microbiology

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Set 25 Microbial Pathogenesis

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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Yellow fever and West Nile virus are both

A) cancer causing.
B) hemorrhagic viruses.
C) close relatives of herpes virus.
D) diarrheagenic viruses.
E) flaviviruses.

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Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

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Pathogenicity islands include all of the following EXCEPT that

A) genes are not expressed as operons.
B) GC/AT ratio differs from the rest of the genome.
C) residual phage genomes flank the island.
D) they are often linked to tRNA.
E) they encode the type III protein secretion (T3SS) export systems.

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Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

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Superantigens

A) bore holes on eukaryotic cell membranes.
B) inhibit phagocytosis.
C) prevent degranulation of macrophages.
D) are antipyrogenic.
E) activate immune cells without being processed.

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