A 42-year-old woman visits her primary care physician with complaints of fatigue, weakness, and occasional abdominal discomfort. She has also noticed unexplained weight loss over the past few months. A blood test reveals anemia with a low vitamin B12 level. Upon further questioning, the patient mentions that she consumes sushi regularly and recently traveled to Scandinavia, where she ate pickled fish. Stool examination reveals proglottids.a.      What is the pathogen (full species name) most likely responsible for this patient’s symptoms? Explain your reasoning.   b.      What is the transmission method of this pathogen?

Getting reinfected with the causative agent of chickenpox leads to a bout of shingles.

What advice would you give a pregnant individual so that they can avoid Toxoplasma subacute encephalitis?

Match each virulence factor to infant meningitis-causing pathogen that possesses that virulence factor.

A helminth characterized by a flat, nonsegmented body is a:

As a nurse, you must teach your patients about control and management of their diseases as well as the facts of the disease-risk, treatment, symptoms, etc. How might you instruct a patient who has West Nile virus to avoid the infectious agent in the future?

Some forms of blindness result from a reactivation of HSV-1 virus, the usual cause of cold sores.

SARS-CoV-2 virus can only infect and damage lung tissue.

The primary preventative mechanism of a Diphyllobothrium latum infection is:

Viruses that cause the common cold can be transmitted by _______.