Organisms That Represent Public Health Concerns Can Be Recovered from Patients

question 10

Multiple Choice

Organisms that represent public health concerns can be recovered from patients in an acute care hospital. All of the following isolates are considered significant or major public health concerns that are reportable to public health jurisdictions to follow up as a potential outbreak, except

• A) Neisseria meningitis.
• B) West Nile virus.
• C) MRSA.
• D) encephalitis viruses.

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Definitions:

Genetic Variations

Differences in DNA sequences among individuals, which contribute to the diversity in physical appearance, physiology, and susceptibility to diseases within a species.

Identical Twins

Twins who developed from a single zygote that then split and formed two embryos, sharing 100% of their DNA.

Biological Parents

The parents who have conceived and given birth to, or biologically fathered a child, as opposed to adoptive or step-parents.

Fraternal Twins

Siblings born at the same time who are genetically as similar as regular siblings because they come from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm.