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All of the following are components of the gastrointestinal tract except the:
Spleen.
Microbial life on teeth was first observed by:
Van Leeuwenhoek.
Many peptic ulcers are due to:
Helicobacter pylori.
Bacillary dysentery is also called:
Shigellosis.
There are __________ known forms of gastroenteritis caused by Escherichia coli:
Five.
Bacillus intoxication is caused by:
Bacillus cereus.
The most common cause of infectious diarrhea in infants and children is:
Rotaviruses.
(+) ssRNA viruses that have been isolated from birds, cats, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, and humans, and are a major cause of gastroenteritis, are the:
Caliciviruses.
Which of the following organisms produces aflatoxin, a carcinogenic substance?
Aspergillus flavus.
The human pinworm Enterobius vermicularis lives in the __________ of humans.
Rectum.
Typhoid fever is caused by the bacterium
Salmonella enterica.
Giardiasis is a waterborne gastrointestinal disease caused by Giardia intestinalis, which is a(n)
Protozoan.
Taeniasis is an infection caused by organisms known as
Tapeworms.
Cholera is a serious gastrointestinal illness caused by bacteria of the genus
Vibrio.
Botulism is a disease caused by the production of a potent neurotoxin by bacteria of the genus
Clostridium.
Author
phillipsam
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89734
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gastro 6 text edit.txt
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nur 231
Updated
2011-06-08T01:25:36Z
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