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microbiota

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the microorganisms that normally colonize various sites in/within the body without causing disease

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resident microbiota

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inhabit sites for extended periods

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transient microbiota

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inhibit temporarily for days, weeks, or months then disappear

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colonization

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ability of microbe to stay affixed to a body surface and replicate

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what does our microbiota do

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competitively exclude pathogens
- covering of binding sites prevents attachment
- consumption of available nutrients
- production of compounds toxic to other bacteria

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how is microbiota acquired

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humans are initially colonized by microorganisms at birth

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what can perturb our microbiota

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by age 3, a child’s microbiome looks a lot like an adult’s and it becomes much more stable

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pathogen

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any bacterium, virus, fungus, protozoan, or helminth that causes disease

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pathogenicity

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the ability of an organism to cause disease

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true (primary) pathogens

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can cause disease in a host regardless of the host’s resident microbiota or immune system
* are never part of the normal microbiota

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opportunistic pathogens

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cause disease only under opportunistic conditions
- changes in the composition of the normal microbiota
- can be members of normal microbiota or common in the environment

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infection

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successful colonization and multiplication of microorganism within a host with or without the manifestation of disease

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infectious disease

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illness caused by damage to host cells by an infectious agent or its products resulting in signs and symptoms

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virulence

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degree or severity of disease

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lethal dose 50 (LD50)

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the number of microbes that kills 50% of an experimental group of animal hosts

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infectious dose 50 (ID50)

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number of microbes that will cause infection in approximately 50% of an experimental group of hosts

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stages of pathogenesis

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exposure and entry
adhesion to skin or mucosa
invasion through epithelium and immune invasion
infection
toxins or host immune response
tissue damage, disease

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fecal-oral portal of entry

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through mucosal surfaces of gastrointestinal transportct

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respiratory portal of entry

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through musical surfaces of respiratory tract

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transplacental portal of entry

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through the placenta to infect a fetus

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skin portal of entry

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through epithelial surfaces

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urogenital portal of entry

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through mucosal surfaces of genital and urinary tracts

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parenteral portal of entry

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through injection into the bloodstream (for example, infect bites or needle sticks)

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adhesion

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fimbriae adhesions
cell wall adhesions
glycocalyzx (slime and capsular polysaccharides)

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invasion

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ability of some pathogens to spread through tissues
produce enzymes or toxins which serve as virulence factors that allow them to colonize and damage host tissues as they spread deeper into body

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immune evasion : antigenic variation

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acquire changes in the genes for surface antigens that alter the structure of surface antigens that antibodies would otherwise recognize

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virulence factors for immune evasion

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capsule
protease

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some bacteria resist phagocytic destruction by

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preventing fusion of the lysosome with the phagosome
escaping from the phagosome before the lysosome fuses
preventing acidification of the phagosome
resisting killing by lysosomal chemicals

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exotoxins

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proteins produced by pathogenic bacteria (gram positive and negative) and secreted

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endotoxins

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lipid A portions of LPS that are part of the outer membrane of the cell wall of gram negative bacteria. they are liberated when the bacteria die and the cell wall breaks apart

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exotoxin mode of action: cytolytic toxins

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work by disrupting the cytoplasmic membrane integrity, causing cell lysis and death

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exotoxin mode of action: AB toxins

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consist of two subunits, A and B. B subunit binds host cell receptor and transfers subunit A across the cell membrane and this usually inhibits protein synthesis or disrupts ion homeostasis

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exotoxin mode of action : superantigen toxins

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overactivate the immune system by activating non specifically CD4+ T cells which leads to an excessive cytokine release and excessive inflammatory response

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most genes for exotoxins are carried on

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plasmids or phages

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body makes antibodies (anitoxins)

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provide immunity

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inactivate exotoxin (heat, chemical)

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toxoid vaccine to stimulate antibody production

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in an endotoxin ____ is the toxic part

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lipid A

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endotoxins only come from gram _

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negatie

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high/low dose of exotoxin

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low

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high/low dose of endotoxin

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high

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are exotoxins release actively or passively from bacteria

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actively

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are endotoxins released actively or passively from bacteria

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passively

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endemic

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disease consistently present (often as low level) in a population

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sporadic

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when occasional cases are reported as irregular intervals

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epidemic

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occurrence of more cases of disease then expected in a given area over a particular period of time

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pandemic

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an epidemic occurring on several continents and usually affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the global population

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prevalence

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number of existing cases of disease in a population during a defined period of time
- how much of a population is affected

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incidence

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number of new cases of disease that vela in a population during a defined period of time
- how quickly are people becoming infected

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mortality rate

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incidence of death due to a disease during a particular time period

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case fatality rate

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mortality rate / incidence rate

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infectious disease

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may or may not be communicable

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communicable disease

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an infectious disease that is contagious and which can be transmitted from one infected host to another

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period of disease

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incubation period
prodromal period
period of illness
period of decline
period of convalescence

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droplet transmission

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close range (within 3 feet)

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fomites

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inanimate objects that transmit pathogens

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droplet nuclei

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inhaled by those over a long distance

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zoonoses

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when a disease comes from animals

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acute disease

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symptoms develop rapidly

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chronic disease

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symptoms develop gradually over months or years of lifetime and are slow to resolve

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latent disease

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the causal pathogen goes dormant for extended periods of time with no active replication. no symptoms unless organism reactivates and infection again becomes acute

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