Physicians Are Required to Report New Cases of Gonorrhea to the CDC

question 63

Multiple Choice

Physicians are required to report new cases of gonorrhea to the CDC, whereas new cases of genital herpes are not noti?able. Evaluate the statements below and choose which statement best represents why some diseases are reportable and others are not.

• A) Gonorrhea is treatable with antibiotics and therefore may develop resistance; genital herpes is not treatable with antibiotics.
• B) Genital herpes is less deadly than gonorrhea.
• C) Gonorrhea is more contagious than genital herpes.
• D) Gonorrhea affects certain populations and geographic areas, whereas genital herpes does not.

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Definitions:

Anaphase

Stage of mitosis in which the chromosomes move to opposite poles of the cell; anaphase occurs after metaphase and before telophase.

Centromere

A specialized constricted region of a chromatid; contains the kinetochore. In cells at prophase and metaphase, sister chromatids are joined in the vicinity of their centromeres.

Nucleosomes

Structural units of a chromosome, consisting of a segment of DNA wound around a core of histone proteins.

Histone Proteins

Proteins found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells that package and order the DNA into structural units called nucleosomes.