Microbial Pathogenicity

Question 1

Virulence factor

Answer 1

Something that is able to cause or be a part of the disease state (could be a toxin - burst open the cell or destroy the membranes, could be an attachment protein- e.g. E.coli)

Question 2

Pathogen

Answer 2

cause disease in human by parasitising it - live off the other organism (e.g. uses your cell and nutrients to reproduce e.coli)

Question 3

Tissue tropism

Answer 3

Organisms usually adapted to survive in one particular environment or location

Question 4

non pathogenic

Answer 4

Unlikely to cause disease (some have genes to produce the virulence factors and others do not)

Question 5

Infectious

Answer 5

Spread throughout the population

Question 6

Disease

Answer 6

Disorder with a specific cause and recognisable signs and symptoms

Question 7

Infection

Answer 7

A disease caused by a pathogen

Question 8

Pathogenicity

Answer 8

Ability to cause disease

Question 9

Virulence

Answer 9

Pathogens power to cause severe disease

Question 10

Communicable disease

Answer 10

An infection that is capable of spreading from person to person

Question 11

Outbreak

Answer 11

An occurrence of disease clearly in excess of normal expectancy

Question 12

Zoonosis (es)

Answer 12

An animal disease that can spread to humans

Question 13

Vector

Answer 13

A living creature that can transmit infection from one host to another

Question 14

Epidemiology

Answer 14

The study of distribution and determinants of disease in populations

Question 15

Pyogenic

Answer 15

Pus forming

Question 16

Fulminant

Answer 16

Occur suddenly and intensely