Alterations Of Pulmonary function Week 6 Flashcards
The ability for a disease to spread from person to person is called?
Communicability
The ability for a disease to produce an immune response is called…..?
Immunogenicity
The ability for a disease causing organism to invade and multiply in a host is called….?
Infectivity
When microorganisms damages host tissues it is called…?
Mechanism of action
A microorganisms ability to produce disease is called…?
Pathogenicity
The path or route microorganisms take to infect a host is called?
Portal of entry
A microorganisms ability to produce toxins is called?
Toxigenicity
What is virulence?
An organisms capacity or power to cause severe disease
The estimated number of organisms or virus particles required to produce infection in 50% of a population is called?
ID50
What is an endemic?
Diseases with relatively high but constant rates of infection in a population. Eg, malaria (Occurs within an area or community)
What is an epidemic?
A disease occurring widely in a community at a particular time. Eg, Flu
What is a pandemic?
A disease that spreads over a large area such as a continent or worldwide.
SARS-CoV-2 stands for?
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2
How did the name coronavirus come about?
It comes from the Virus’s distinctive spikes on the surface that makes it look like a solar corona
What are the 7 stages of infection of a host cell?
- Recognition and attachment of virus to host cell wall
- Penetration into the host cell by fusion or endocytosis
- Uncoating of viral genome within cell cytoplasm
- Replication of viral genome using host or viral transcriptase and polymerase
- Translation with viral structural protein synthesis in host cell endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus
- Assembly of virus
- Release of virus by budding or exocytosis, or by lysis of host cell.
Covid is transmitted via?
Aerosol means
What are some of the common symptoms of Covid-19?
A. Fever
B. Cough
C. Shortness of breath
D. Myalgias
E. Fatigue
F. Loss of smell and taste
What is the average incubation period for Covid-19?
Approximately 6 days