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Diseases and Immunities Flashcards

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what is Causative diseases?

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Organisms can cause diseases

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What is a pathogen?

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a disease causing organism?

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what is an incubation period?

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Period between original infection and appearance of signs and symptoms

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what is a sign?

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visible expression of deases which can be formed by examining a patient

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symptom

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the indication of diseases which can be formed

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Disease

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a type of disorder characterized by certain symptom

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Infectious disease?

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Caused by pathogens. These live like parasites and can be transfered from one host to another

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Causative Agent

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Organisms that can cause diseases

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Pathogen

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disease causing organism

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Incubation period

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the period where the original infection appears and where there are appearance of signs and symptoms

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sign

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VISIBLE expression of disease by examining the patient

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symptom

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An indication of disease which is not detectable by examination but can be reported

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Disease

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a type of disorder characterized by particular symtpom

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Infectious disease

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Caused by organism that live like parasites and can be transmitted from one host to another

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Parasite

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An organism that grows and feeds on another ogranism called host

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Vector

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An animal that transmits a pathogen from one host to another

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Host

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Organisms that is infected by a pathogen

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transmission

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spread of pathogen from one host to another

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Infection

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Entry of a pathogen in a host

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non infectious disease

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includes disorders such as cancers, genetic disorders or sickle cell anemia

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syndrome

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multiple organs are affected and multiple symptoms are seen

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cillated cells

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very fine hair like extensions which moves mucus away from the lungs

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Lysozyme

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An antibacterial enzyme in eyes

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what does a vaccine contain?

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-dead pathogen
-weakened pathogen
-Toxoid

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what is effective absorption?

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How quickly it is absorbed

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