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The Wells curve predicts the amount of time it would take for one of these objects to reach a surface, where they can contribute to fomite formation. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these objects. Sensitivity is improved over traditional quantitative PCR by partitioning template DNA into thousands of these objects in digital PCR.
ANSWER: droplets [accept respiratory droplets; accept digital droplet PCR]
[10e] Face masks and N95 respirators function by blocking droplets containing infectious agents, such as this family of RNA viruses that includes the causative agent of COVID-19.
ANSWER: coronaviruses [or Coronaviridae; accept SARS-CoV-2]
[10m] Mask use can reduce a pathogen’s R-nought, which must be one or higher for it to establish itself as one of these diseases. The common cold is this kind of infectious disease, which is constantly present at a baseline level in a population.
ANSWER: endemic diseases
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Georgia Tech BAuburn A1010020
Penn ABard A010010
Columbia AHaverford A0101020
Lehigh AColumbia B001010
Penn State APrinceton A010010
Indiana AUChicago A0101020
UIUC CMiami010010
Northwestern APurdue A0101020
Purdue BUChicago D0101020
Indiana BSIUE A0101020
UIUC AUIUC B0101020
UChicago CUIUC D010010
CWRU B (UG)Pitt B (UG)0101020
Michigan APitt A0101020
Ohio State C (DII)Michigan C (UG)0101020
CWRU D (DII)Michigan State C (UG)0000
Ohio State A (UG)Ohio State B (DII)010010
Central OklahomaNYU B0000
Mississippi StateOregon State0101020
NYU AMissouri001010
Texas AIowa0101020
Vassar BTexas C010010
WUSTL AMcGill E10101030
SFUAlberta001010
UBC AUBC B0101020
UW AUW B0101020
UF AFlorida State University A0101020
UCF AUF D0000
Boston University BAmherst A0101020
Yale BBowdoin B0101020
Brown ATufts A0000
CarabrandeisYale C0101020
Harvard ATufts B010010
Yale ANortheastern A0101020