Microbial Disease Transmission Flashcards
A disease outbreak is considered ________________ when it occurs with a greater than normal incidence of reported cases and then rapidly decreases when the number of susceptible individuals is depleted
epidemic
_______________vectors include mosquitoes, flies, fleas, and ticks.
Arthropod
Coagulases are responsible for coagulating ________________ , a plasma protein produced by the liver.
fibrinogen
When there is an infection in the body, the number of white blood cells called _______________________ increases.
leukocytes
The four classic signs of __________________ are pain, redness, swelling, and heat.
Inflammation
The disease histoplasmosis would be classified as which type of disease?
Endemic
Which of the following terms indicates molecular substances secreted by pathogenic microbes?
Virulence factors
Fever is part of which of the following categories?
Non-specific defenses
Which of the following indicates the results of viral infection on host cells?
Cytopathic effects
The most predominant type of phagocytes produced as a defense in all stages of fungal and viral infections are also called?
Macrophages
Any inanimate object that may be covered with pathogenic microorganisms.
Fomite
Thrombus
The end result in the process of hemostasis, also known as a blood clot.
Reservoir
A substance in which a pathogenic organism lives and reproduces, examples include: a person, animal, insect, or plant.
Gas gangrene
A myonecrosis caused by infection by anaerobic Clostridium perfringens which can range from disfiguring to life threatening.
Toxigenicity
The ability of a pathogenic microbe to produce or secrete destructive chemicals
