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Humans provide _________ for microbes
Water, warmth, and food
Virulent Bacteria
Cause disease; grow at the expense of the host
Opportunistic Microbes-
Cause disease if conditions are available for growth and harm
Strict pathogens Examples
Yersinia pestis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and salmonella typhi
Infection-
Invasion of host by a pathogen
Disease-
Only if the invading pathogen alters the normal functions of the body. Also called morbidity
Symptoms-
Subjective characteristics of disease felt only by the patient
Signs-
Objective manifestations of disease that can be observed or measured by others
Syndrome-
Group of symptoms and signs that characterize a disease or abnormal condition
Sepsis-
Systemic inflammation
Portals of entry for disease-
Mouth, Scratch, Skin, Anus, alimentary tract, urogenital tract, respiratory tract, conjunctiva
Transmission is limited after _________
death
Virulence genes are often in ________ in the genome
Clusters called pathogenicity islands
Transposons can be expressed in response to changes in ________
Environment
Portal of entry for Cholera-
Fecal Oral Route
Portal of entry for Botulism-
Ingestion
Portal of entry for Tetanus-
Puncture
Portal of entry for pneumococcus
Respiratory
Portal of infection for Staphylococcus–
Ubiquitous
Portal of entry for Yellow Fever-
Vector like Mosquitos
Some microbes lose motility at ________
Particular temperatures (such as 37 degrees celsius)
Yersinia pestis needs ________
Iron so that more diptheria toxin is produced
Cholera toxin is produced ________ at pH 6 than at pH 8.5
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Adherence factor examples-
Pili and fimbriae- Bind carbs
Degradative enzyme examples-
Callagenase, hyaluronidase, neurominidase, hemolysin
Capsules help to evade ________
Phagocytosis
Antibiotics are not able to pass through __________ which is a virulence factor
Porins
Some wall toxins such as teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid stimulate __________
Endotoxin-like responses
Toxins-
Bacterial products that cause harm to host