CH:10 - Infectious Disease

Question 1

Infectious Disease

Answer 1

A disease caused by an organism such as a protoctist, bacterium or virus.

Question 2

Pathogen

Answer 2

An organism that causes disease.

Question 3

Disease Transmission

Answer 3

The transfer of a pathogen from a person infected with that pathogen to an uninfected person; transmission may occur by direct contact, through the air or water or by animal vectors, such as insects.

Question 4

Disease Carrier

Answer 4

Person infected with a pathogen who shows no symptoms, but can be the source of infection in other people (not carrier of an inherited disease).

Question 5

Transmission Cycle

Answer 5

The passage of a pathogen from one host to another is continually repeated as the pathogen infects new hosts.

Question 6

Disease Eradication

Answer 6

The complete breakage of the transmission cycle of a pathogen so that there are no more cases of the disease caused by the pathogen anywhere in the world.

Question 7

Endemic Disease

Answer 7

A disease that is always in a population.

Question 8

Disease Vector

Answer 8

An organism which carries a pathogen from one person to another or from an animal to a human.

Question 9

Opportunistic Infection

Answer 9

An infection caused by pathogens that take advantage of a host with a weakened immune system, as may happen in someone with an HIV infection.

Question 10

HIV | AIDS (Full Form?)

Answer 10

Human Immunodeficiency Virus | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Question 11

Antibiotic

Answer 11

A substance derived from a living organism that is capable of killing or inhibiting the growth of a microorganism.

Question 12

Antibiotic Resistance

Answer 12

The ability of bacteria or fungi to grow in the presence of an antibiotic that would normally slow their growth or kill them;
Antibiotic resistance arises by mutation and becomes widespread when antibiotics are overused.