Pathobiology

Question 1

What type of disease is Sickle Cell Anaemia?

Accepted Answer

autosomal co-dominant

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autosomal dominant

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X-linked

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autosomal recessive

Question 2

What type of disease is Alkaptonuria?

Accepted Answer

Autosomal recessive

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Autosomal dominant

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X-linked

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Autosomal-codominant

Question 3

What three groups make up the epidemiological triangle?

Accepted Answer

Environment, Host, Agent

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Host, Agent, Chemical

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Agent, Physical, Environment

Question 4

1/3 of all human deaths are caused by pathogens?

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true

Question 5

When John snow removed the Broad street pump, he stopped an outbreak of Dysentery?

Answer

true

Question 6

What are obligate pathogens?

Accepted Answer

can only survive in host

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present in the environment waiting for host

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normally benign but can cause disease in a compromised host

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easily digested by macrophages and therefore destroyed

Question 7

In a Zipper Mechanism the bacteria actively rearrange the cell membrane of the host cell

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true

Question 8

E6 binds to Rb (tumour suppressor), so cell proliferation is no longer blocked.

Answer

true

Question 9

Which form of src kinase is the oncogenic form?

Accepted Answer

v-src

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c-src

Question 10

Where are inteferons secreted from?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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Lymphocytes

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macrophages

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virus-infected cells

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