Cultivation of Coccidioides species to confirm a diagnosis of Valley Fever is accomplished by plating the samples on ________ agar.

A. blood
B. chocolate
C. Sabourad's
D. birdseed


Answer: C

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What is the most prevalent viral infection seen in neonates?

A) human herpesvirus 1 B) human herpesvirus 2 C) human herpesvirus 4 (EBV) D) varicella-zoster virus E) cytomegalovirus

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You are hiking in a forest and happen upon a plant featuring a central stemlike structure from which sprout many, tiny, leaflike structures. Which of these would be the most certain means of distinguishing whether it was a true moss, or a club moss?

A) its color B) its height C) if seeds are present D) if conducting tissues are present E) the appearance of its spore-producing structures

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Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent. What

does this mean?

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