1. Which of the following is false concerning Mycobacterium tuberculosis It has a very low infectious dose A...

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1. Which of the following is false concerningMycobacterium tuberculosis

It has a very low infectious dose

A large percentage of the world population is infected

Produces granulomas in affected tissues

A positive tuberculin test indicates past infection, currentinfection, or BCG                                immunization.

All of the above are true.

2. Which of the following is false concerninginfection with Chlamydia trachomatis

Certain serovars cause lymphogranuloma venerum, a rare butserious STD.

It is an obligate intracellular pathogen transmitted bycontact.

It is the most common cause of bacterial STD & preventableblindness (trachoma

It has a complex life cycle with external elementary bodies andintracellular         replicating reticulate bodies

All of the above are true.

3.

Results of antigen-antibody binding include all of the followingexcept

Opsonization.

Neutralization

Lysis (MAC) through activation of complement by antibody via allthree (Classical, Alternate, and Mannan Lectin Binding) pathways ofcomplement activation.

Agglutination

Antibody dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC )

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1 The answer is It has a very low infectious dose Explanation Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a pathogenic bacteria causing tuberculosis disease It needs high amounts of oxygen and usually infects lungs of the mammals It has very high pathogenic dose and spreads easily through droplets in air Therefore the sentence saying it has low    See Answer
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