Discuss the factors which influence the capacity of a pathogen to cause disease.

Question 1

communicability

Answer 1

ability of pathogen to spread from one person to another how easily disease is spread from one person to another

Question 2

high communicability

Answer 2

easy to infect someone

Question 3

low communiability

Answer 3

takes more to infect someone

Question 4

Measles

Answer 4

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Question 5

Immunogenicity

Answer 5

ability of pathogens to induce an immune response. Once pathogen gets into the body and trying to produce infection, pathogen gets body to produce immune response

Question 6

infectivity

Answer 6

ability of pathogen to invade and multiply inside a host. Some pathogens can go into the host and avoid detection, which increases the risk of infectivity

Question 7

mechanism of action

Answer 7

refers to the manner in which the microorganism does its damage

Question 8

pathogenicity

Answer 8

ability of pathogen to produce a disease; unique because it depends on communicability, infectivity, extent of damage that microorganism causes, and virulence

Question 9

portal of entry

Answer 9

the route within in which the pathogenic organism infects the host

Question 10

Toxigenicity

Answer 10

ability for a pathogen to produce a toxin in the blood. If produce toxin, that increases the virulence of that pathogen

Question 11

virulence

Answer 11

capacity of a pathogen to cause severe disease

Question 12

rabies

Answer 12

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Question 13

Inhaled, exchange or coming in contact w/ infected body fluids

Answer 13

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