Exam 2 Review sheet (Terminology) Flashcards
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Opportunistic Pathogen
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Cause disease when the host is at their weakest
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True pathogen
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Doesn’t wait for host to be weak, attacks and shows symptoms right away
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Tropism
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the turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to external stimulus
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Epidemic
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Widespread disease outbreak that is in a particular region during specific time frame
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Endemic
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routinely detected in a population or region
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Pandemic
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Occurs in epidemic spreads beyond region
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Disease reservoirs
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animate or inanimate habitat where the pathogen is naturally found
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Emerging pathogens
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Include newly identified agents as well as pathogens that previously caused only sporadic cases
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Reemerging pathogens
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A infectious agent that was under control but now is resurfacing
