18 Questions
What term is used to describe the protection from disease provided by vaccination or recovery from the disease itself?
Immunity
Who discovered why vaccination works by working on cholera vaccination around 1880?
Pasteur
What term did Pasteur use for cultures of avirulent microorganisms used for preventive inoculation?
Vaccine
What is the term used for treatment of disease by using chemical substances?
Chemotherapy
What did Paul Ehrlich develop in 1910 as the first synthetic drug to treat syphilis?
Salvarsan
What substance was long used to treat malaria and derived from tree bark?
Quinine
What is the study of immunity called?
Immunology
Which branch of microbiology focuses on the study of fungi?
Mycology
What is the purpose of vaccination/inoculation?
To stimulate the immune system
Which substances are produced by the body's immune system to inhibit virus replication?
Interferons
What branch of microbiology focuses on studying protozoa and parasitic worms?
Parasitology
How have recent advances in genomics impacted the classification of microorganisms?
By introducing new tools for classification
Who was the first to prove that a bacterium causes anthrax?
Robert Koch
Which scientist advocated hand washing to prevent transmission of childbirth fever?
Ignaz Semmelweis
Who found a way to protect people from smallpox through vaccination?
Edward Jenner
Which scientist showed that a silkworm disease was caused by a fungus in 1835?
Agostino Bassi
Who used a chemical disinfectant (phenol) to prevent surgical wound infections?
Joseph Lister
What term is derived from the Latin word 'vacca' meaning cow?
Vaccination
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