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Introduction to microorganisms and infection Flashcards

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List in order the 6 stages of the chain of infection

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Infectious Agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host

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List 4 major reservoirs of diseases that infect humans

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Humans, animals, soil and water

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Diseases that are transmitted from animals are called?

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Zoonoses

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What is a portal of exit?

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How an infectious microorganism leaves the reservoir/human body

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List three human portals of exit?

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Respiratory, digestive system, skin and blood.

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What are the main modes of transmission of disease?

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Contact
Common Vehicle
Vector

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What is contact transmission?

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Direct, indirect, and or droplets

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What is common vehicle transmission?

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Via air, water and food

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What is vector transmission?

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mechanical, biological

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What is direct contact in the mode of transmission?

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Close or intimate contact between the infected host and susceptible individual

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What is an indirect contact in the mode of transmission?

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microbes transferred from one host to another via a non-living object eg door handle

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In the category of contract transmission, what is a droplet transmission?

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Where droplets falling less than one metre, (sneezing, speaking etc) can spread droplets from the upper respiratory tract.

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13
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In a virus what surrounds the DNZ/RNA?

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Capsid

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14
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Do all viruses have a membrane-like envelop that surrounds the capsid?

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NO

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What does obligate intracellular parasite mean?

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A virus needs a host in order to replicate.

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16
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List the 5 steps of viral replication

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Attachment
Entry
Replication
Assembly
Release
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17
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Name two examples of common viral infections

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Common cold, Measles, Mumps

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18
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What is a fomite?

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An inanimate object like a door handle can be a vehicle for the transmission of an infectious agent.

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A fomite is (in the chain of transmission)?

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An indirect contact transmission

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20
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Common vehicle transmissions (airborne) must be able to survive what sort of conditions?

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tolerate dry conditions, outside host

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Examples of diseases transmitted via airborne common vehicle transmission?

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Measles and chickenpox.

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Common vehicle transmission - airborne, organisms must be carried in air current for more than….. …..

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one metre otherwise is it a droplets contact transmission. (if less than one metre)

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23
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Common vehicle transmission via waterborne transmission occurs…….

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when there is faecal contamination of the water used for drinking and bathing

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Common vehicle transmission via foodborne transmission occurs ……

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when organisms are introduced by poor hygiene, lack of sanitation and or poor food handling. Contaminated food and water.

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25
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Vector transmission of infection occurs via two different modes…

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Mechanical and Biological

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26
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Vector transmission of infection via mechanical is …..

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transport of microorganisms on the outside of an insects body (eg flies feet)

27
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Vector transmission of infection via biological is…..

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an insect vector bites a host, ingests blood containing microorganisms then infects another host, also some microorganisms require the host and the vector to complete its life cycle ….malaria parasite.

28
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List in order the 6 stages of infection?

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Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host

29
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List 3 major reservoirs of diseases that infect humans

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Humans, animals, soil and water (environmental)

30
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Diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans are called?

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Zoonoses

31
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What is a portal of exit?

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How an infectious microorganism leaves the reservoir / human body.

32
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List 3 human portals of exit

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Respiratory system, digestive system, skin and blood, reproductive system

33
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Name the 3 main modes of disease transmission?

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Contact (direct, indirect, droplets), Common Vehicle (via air water and food) and Vector (mechanical and biological)

34
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List 5 strategies to prevent disease transmission?

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SHIIT 
Sanitation
Hygiene
Immunisation
Isolation
Treatment
35
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What does sanitation mean?

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The provision of clean and or treated water, refuse collection and disposal including sewage treatment.

36
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What is the portal of entry

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How an infectious microorganism gains entry into a new host

37
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List 3 ways standard precautions are being used to break the chain of infection for COVID

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Face masks, PPE, Hand washing, Isolation

38
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State different populations which may be susceptible hosts?

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Young, aged or elderly, chronically ill, sick or immunocompromised, People who have chemotherapy or high doses of steroids. People with open wounds.

39
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How could we protect susceptible hosts?

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Ensure effective use of Standard Precautions, treat their underlying disease/condition. Ensure they have appropriate nutrition, vaccination.

40
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Describe the advantages and limitations of antibiotics over other anti-microbial drugs?

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an antimicrobial agent is a substance that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms

41
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What are examples of microbial agents?

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Disinfectants are antimicrobial substances used on non-living objects or outside the body.
Antimicrobial drugs are agents which act on microbes that infect the body.

42
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What two things do microbial drugs do?

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They either kill microbes or prevent the growth of microbes.

43
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List three categories of antimicrobial drugs?

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Antibiotics
Chemically synthesised antimicrobials
Semi-synthetic drugs

44
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What are antibiotics

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A substance produced by a microorganism that in small amounts inhibits another microorganism.

45
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What are chemically synthesised antimicrobials?

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Made in a lab

46
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What are semi-synthetic drugs?

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made by a microorganism, but modified in a lab.

47
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The advantage of antibiotics over other antimicrobial agents is their………..

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selective toxicity.

48
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Antibiotics target the ……. cells of bacteria leaving human ……..cells alone.

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prokaryote, eukaryote

49
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The limitations of antibiotic drugs are:

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Not effective on viruses.
Can kill good bacteria (normal flora)
There are few which are effective against fungal or protozoan infections.

50
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The more antibiotics are used, the more likely they will come…

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resistant

51
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To reduce the problem of resistance we need to…

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Limit the use of antibiotics, finish the prescribed course of treatment.

52
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List three groups of people who might be susceptible hosts

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Elderly, Chronically ill, Young Children, People with open wounds/burns

53
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List three things that could be done to help protect a susceptible host from potential infection?

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Stand precautions, treat underlying conditions, vaccination, nutrition and lifestyle

54
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Antibiotics are most effective against which type of microorganism?

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Bacteria

55
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Why do antibiotics not harm human cells?

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Antibiotics target prokaryote cells and humans have eukaryote cells.

56
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List three reservoirs of infectious diseases?

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Animals, Humans, and the environment (soil and water)

57
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Name the three main modes of disease transmission?

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Contact (direct, indirect, droplets), Common Vehicle (via air, water, food) and vector (mechanical and biological)

58
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Common Vehicle mode is droplets more than

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a metre

59
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List 5 strategies to prevent disease transmission?

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Sanitation, hygiene practices, immunisation, isolation, treatment. S.H.I.I.T.

60
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Name two different groups of cells

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Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

61
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Viruses are not Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes as they are

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Acellular, they are another separate category. They don’t meet the criteria of a living cell.

62
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List 3 ways protozoa can move

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Flagella, cilia, pseudopodia (or through a vector eg mosquito)

63
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List five steps for virus replication

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Attachment, entry, replication, assembly, release

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