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15.2/17.3 Flashcards

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What are Koch’s Postulates?

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Set of standards that must be met to demonstrate that X pathogen causes X disease

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What is step 1 of Koch’s Postulates

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The suspected pathogen must be found in every case of disease and not be found in healthy individuals

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What is step 2 of Koch’s postulates?

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The suspected pathogen can be isolated and grown in pure culture

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What is step 3 of Koch’s postulates?

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A healthy test subject infected with the suspected pathogen must develop the same signs and symptoms of disease as seen in postulate 1

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What is step 4 of Koch’s postulates?

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The pathogen must be re-isolated from the new host and must be identical to the pathogen from postulate 2

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What are Koch’s wrong assumptions?

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  1. Pathogens are found only in diseased individuals
  2. All subjects are equally susceptible to infection
  3. All pathogens can be grown in culture
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What does molecular Koch’s Postulates identify instead of pathogen?

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gene

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What is the first step of Molecular Koch’s Postulates?

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The phenotype should be associated only with pathogenic strains of a species

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What is the second step of Molecular Koch’s Postulates?

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Inactivation of the suspected gene(s) associated with pathogenicity should result in a measurable loss of pathogenicity

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What is the third step of Molecular Koch’s Postulates?

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Reversion of the inactive gene should restore the disease phenotype

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What are the few limitations of Molecular Koch’s Postulates?

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  1. Genetic manipulation of some organisms isn’t possible with current techniques
  2. Some diseases do not have suitable animal models
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Ability of a pathogen to cause disease?

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Pathogenicity

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Degree of pathogenicity?

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Virulence

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What is ID50? Related to Morbidity or Mortality?

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Median Infectious dose - no. of pathogens required to infect 50% of those inoculated; Morbidity

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What is LD50? Related to Morbidity or Mortality?

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Median lethal dose - no. of pathogens required to kill 50% of those infected; Mortality

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What pathogen can cause disease in a host regardless of the host’s resident microbiota or immune system?

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Primary Pathogen

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What pathogen can only cause disease in situations that compromise the host’s defenses?

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Opportunistic pathogen

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What are the 5 stages of Pathogenicity?

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  1. Exposure to host
  2. Adhesion
  3. Invasion
  4. Infection
  5. Transmission
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What are TORCH infections?

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Pathogens that can cross placental barrier

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What is adhesion in the stages of pathogenicity?

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The capability of colonization

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What are molecules/structures that bind to certain host receptors called?

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Adhesins

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What is a production of community glycocalyx called?

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Biofilm

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What is it called when colonization is established in the stages of pathogenicity?

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Invasion

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T/F Virulence plays role in degree of invasion

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T

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How does intracellular pathogens invade?

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Via endocytosis and evasion of host immune defenses

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Which invasion mechanism have effector proteins secreted to trigger entry?

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Membrane ruffling

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Which invasion mechanism has surface proteins that allow for binding to the host cell?

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Trojan horse approach

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Multiplication leads to what stage of pathogenicity?

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Infection

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What type of infection is at a small area of body?

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Local infection

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What type of infection has a pathogen/toxin spread to a secondary location?

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Focal infection

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What type of infection occurs throughout the body?

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Systemic

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T/F Can Primary infections lead to secondary infection of different pathogen

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T

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Transmission to a new host through a portal of exit ensures what?

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Persistence

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What is the differentiation of blood cells from bone marrow stem cells called?

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hematopoiesis

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What are the 3 types of Granulocytes?

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Neutrophils, Eosinophils, Basophils

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What is the agranulocyte exception?

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Natural Killer cells

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Which granulocyte has 3-5 connected lobes and small, purple granules?

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Neutrophils

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Which granulocyte has 2-3 lobes and large, red/orange granules?

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Eosinophils

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Which granulocyte has 2 lobes and large, purple granules?

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Basophils

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What granulocyte is involved with the destruction of extracellular bacteria and produces defensins and hydrolytic enzymes?

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Neutrophils

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What are meshes of chromatin with AMPs to trap pathogens called?

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NETs - Neutrophil extracellular traps

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What granulocyte is good at protecting against protozoa and helminths and has granules that contain histamine, degradative enzymes, and major basic protein?

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Eosinophils

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What induces degranulation of basophils?

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Activated complement cascade

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What granulocyte is important in allergic reactions and inflammatory responses and has granules containing histamine and cytokines?

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Basophils

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What function does Mast cells have?

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Similar to Basophil function

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Where are Mast cells found?

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Associated with blood vessels and nerves, or found close to surface structures

47
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What are 2 main types of agranulocytes?

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Lymphocytes and Monocytes

48
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Natural killer cells and B cells/T cells fall under what type of agranulocyte?

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Lymphocytes

49
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Macrophages, dendrites, and mononuclear phagocyte systems fall under what type of agranulocyte?

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Monocyte

50
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Natural killer cells are considered to have adaptive or innate immunity?

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Innate Immunity

51
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B cells and T cells are considered to have adaptive or innate immunity?

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Adaptive Immunity

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What do Natural Killer Cells do?

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Seek out non-self markers and express cytokines and cytotoxic molecules stored in granules to kill non-self cell

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What do Natural Killer Cells specifically secrete to induce apoptosis in target cells?

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Perforin and granzymes

54
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Macrophages are specialized in ________

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tissues

55
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Dendritic cells are specialized in _________

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skin and mucous membranes

56
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Monocytes (dendritic and macrophages) are important promoters of __________ immunity

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adaptive

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