INF 16 - Emerging Bacterial Interactions 1 0.0 / 5 ? BiologyEmerging Bacterial InteractionsUniversityNone Created by: OwenBeesleyCreated on: 06-01-18 13:28 What does emerging infection mean? Infections that have newly appeared in a population or have existed previously but are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range 1 of 14 What does re-emerging infection mean? Those that have existed in the past but are now rapidly increasing either in incidence or geographical or human host range 2 of 14 What factors are responsible for decreasing incidence of infectious disease? Decrease in host susceptibility, Decrease in disease transmission 3 of 14 What decreases host susceptibility? Better housing, better nutrition, Antibiotics 4 of 14 What decreases disease transmission? Safer food and water, Immunisations, improved hygiene and sanitation 5 of 14 What factors are responsible for increasing incidence of infectious disease? Increase in host susceptibility, Increase in disease transmission, New diseases 6 of 14 What increases host susceptibility? Changes in industry, changes in behaviour, environmental change 7 of 14 What increases disease transmission? Travel, microbial change 8 of 14 What causes new diseases? Breakdown of public health 9 of 14 How does Mtb enhance HIV susceptibility? Activates NF-kb, drives HIV replication 10 of 14 What does rifampicin disrupt? Inhibits RNA Polymerase - Transcription 11 of 14 What do Isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol affect? Outer layers of bacteria 12 of 14 What mutation confers isoniazid resistance? KatG 13 of 14 What mutation confers rifampicin resistance? RNAP 14 of 14
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