Infectious Diseases: Bacterial Infections

Question 1

3 biggest factors determining risk of infection

Answer 1

Genetic
Lifestyle
Environnement

Question 2

Microbiome is defined by

Answer 2

Lifestyle

Environnement

Question 3

To infect and make someone ill a pathogen must

Answer 3

Survive/multiply

Cause injury

Resist/evade host immune syst

Question 4

What is herd immunity

Answer 4

% of pop immunized = less chances to be infected

Question 5

If pathogen resist immune resp can spread to the systemic circulation it’s called ……
It leads to a massive immune response using …/… and create ….

Answer 5

Bacteremia

TNF IL-1

Sepsis

Question 6

Hepatitis virus affect which cell?

Answer 6

Hepatocytes

Question 7

Polio affect which type of cells?

Answer 7

Spinal chord

CNS neuron

Question 8

Who is at risk of resistance?

Answer 8

Child

Elderly

Question 9

Around what month newborns are more at risk to be vulnerable and why?

Answer 9

3 months

Maternal antibodies are depleted and low rate of synthesis by the baby

Question 10

What is the most important factor in infection?

Answer 10

Environment

Must be present in environment to be infected