5. Kristen is drawing blood from a patient and accidentally sticks herself with the needle when she finishes the procedu

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5. Kristen is drawing blood from a patient and accidentally sticks herself with the needle when she finishes the procedure. The clinic is busy that day, and she soon forgets to tell her supervisor. Twenty years later, her doctor calls her after a routine blood test. Her liver enzymes are elevated, and she has tested positive for Hepatitis B. Kristen has never reported any symptoms of infection or liver trouble. Her physician wants to evaluate her for the possibility of liver cirrhosis (hardening). If the virus has been replicating in her liver for the past two decades unnoticed, how would we classify Hep B: latent, acute, or chronic? Why? What was the mode of transmission? If she has served as a source of infection for others over the past 20 years, what type of carrier is Kristen? 6. Tom had the chickenpox as a child. In his late 50s, he undergoes a period of extreme stress following the death of his wife. He begins to feel a burning sensation on his forehead followed by a red rash and fluid-filled blisters (shingles). Identify the signs and symptoms. red vas Tom's doctor diagnoses him with shingles and prescribes him an antiviral drug. Tom wonders where he might have picked up shingles. His doctor explains that shingles is caused by the same chickenpox virus he had as a child. It's just been dormant in his nerve cells until reactivated due to his recent stress. How would we classify shingles: latent, acute, or chronic? Why?