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Introduction To Infection Flashcards

1
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What are examples of pathogens

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Bacteria
Virus
Fungi
Protozoa 
Helminth
Ectoparasites
Sprichetes
Mycobacteria
Atypical bacteria
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What is the definition of reservoir

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Anything that allow infection to picked from e.g person, animal, plant

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What is zoonosis

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A disease transmitted from animal to human

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What is a human restricted pathogen

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Pathogens that exist only in humans

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5
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What is latency

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Ability for a pathogen to lie in the body and then become activated again

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6
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What does nosocomial mean

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Acquired in hospital

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7
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What exposure of a pathogen be by

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Person to person contact
Aerosal
Oral
Fomites
Vectors
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What does person to person mean

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Direct physical contact between people

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What does aerosol mean

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Inhalation

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10
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What does oral mean

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Ingestion

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11
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What are fomites

A

Objects or material

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12
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What are vectors

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Living organism that can transmit infection

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13
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What do social network look at

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Who is infected and who infects who

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14
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What does incubation period mean

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Time taken from exposure to the development of the disease

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15
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What does pathogenicity mean

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Ability of organism to cause disease

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16
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What does virulence factors mean

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Factors that increase pathogenicity

17
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What are examples of virulence factors

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Adhesion
Agressions
Toxins

18
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What do adhesions do

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Help adhere the organism to the host e.g by fimbrae

19
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What are agressions

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Help to invade or evade the host e.g capsules, enzymes and plasmids

20
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What are the roles of toxins

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Help damage the host which are harmful substances

21
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What are the 3 basic investigations for infection

A

Bacterial and fungal cultures
PCR
Serology

22
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What does serology involve

A

Looking at antibody production after the infection

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