Disease X has an ID50 of 25, what does that mean?

The use of HAART does not cure the disease but it does increase the asymptomatic period. This has lead to a decrease in the number of AIDS deaths per year in the USA. In developing counties the high cost of the therapy has prevented its widespread use

You are making dinner for a party and you overfill the frying pan with oil. The oil spills onto the stove starting a fire in your kitchen. You are able to subdue the fire but you suffer third degree burns on your arm. At the hospital the burned area starts to develop a greenish hue, this is followed by fever, chills, and swelling. Dr. Rosenzweig diagnoses you with an infection from which of the following pathogen

Strep throat is caused by

Antibiotic resistance comes can arise from spontaneous mutation or the acquisition of resistance genes

Immunizing your children is a good idea

Our old friend S. pyogenes causes the flesh-eating disease where the tissue underlying the skin is digested, what is the proper name for it

Which disease is caused by bacteria forming a biofilm and destroying the gingiva, it results from chronic dental neglect.

Genetic variation is necessary for evolutionary adaptation. In bacteria mutation is the only way to acquire new genes.

If disease X has a morbidity rate of 98% and a mortality rate of 2%, what would happen if you were exposed to the disease