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Ch11 Flashcards

1
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Infection

A

microbes get passed host defense, into the tissue and multiply

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Disease

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effects of infection

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Infectious Disease

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a pathogenic state caused directly by microorganism

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Mutualism

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both host and microbe benefit

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5
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Commensalism

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microbe benefits and host is unaffected

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Parasitism

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microbe benefits, host is harmed

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Pathogen

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a microbe that is parasitic and results in infection and disease

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Acute Disease

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develop rapidly, cause severe symptoms, and fade quickly

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Chronic Disease

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linger for long periods and slower to develop and recede

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Exogenous Infection

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pathogen breaches host external defense

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Endogenous Inefction

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when normal micro enter sterile tissue

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Primary infection

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occur in healthy bodies

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Secondary infection

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occur in weakened body by a primary infection

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Virulence

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ability for microbe to establish and cause damage in a host

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Virulence Factor

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the characteristics/structure of the microbe that contributes to its ability to establish and cause damage in host

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16
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Infectious ID

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needed to cause infection

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17
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Disease progression

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Incubation period
Prodromal Phase
Acute Period
Period of decline
Period of Convalescence

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Exotoxins

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proteins secreted

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Endotoxins

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released upon gram negative bacteria

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Antitoxins

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produced by host body and neutralize toxins

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Sign

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objective evidence of disease noted by an observer

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Syndrome

A

disease signs and symptoms

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Symptom

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subjective evidence of disease by patient

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Reservior

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natural habitat of pathogen ex: human, animal, water, soil, and plants

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Transmitter

A

person/object infection came from

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Carrier

A

pass the pathogen but show no signs of symptoms

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Biological Vector

A

site where pathogen multiply or complete its life cycle

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Mechanical Vector

A

Moves the pathogen

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Zoonosis

A

infection from animals passed to humans

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Communicable

A

infected host can pass the infection to another host and it establishes and infection in the new host

30
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Contagious

A

disease that is highly communicable

31
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Noncommunicable

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does not transmit from host to host

32
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Nosocomial Infections

A

developed during hospital stay

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Epidemiology

A

study of all disease

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Prevelance

A

total number of existing cases in a given popullation

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Incidence

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number of new cases over certain time period

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Mortality Rate

A

total number of deaths

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Morbidity Rate

A

rate of person infection

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Endemic

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disease in a geographic area

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Epidemic

A

disease in a region

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Outbreak

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a more contained epidemic

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Pandemic

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Worldwide epidemic

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