Pathogenesis Flashcards
an organism that causes disease
pathogen
ability to cause disease
pathogenicity
degree of pathogenicity
virulence
characteristic that confers virulence
virulence factor
individual that is infected
host
something that stimulates an immune response (usually associated with a microbe)
immunogen (antigen)
protein made by the immune system that attaches to microbes to turn on immune responses
antibody
symbiotic relationship where one benefits & one is harmed
parasite
when a pathogen is growing or multiplying in or on a host
infection
when the host is not capable of controlling microbial activity
infectious disease
what your immune system does to protect you from infectious disease
host defenses
number of microbes needed to cause an infection (ID50)
infectious dose
amount of microbes that kills 50% of the host
LD50
lower LD50 the greater the _____
virulence
always cause a disease
professional pathogens
cause disease, if given an opportunity
opportunistic
the opportunistic pathogens wait for
break in barriers, drop in immune system
strep throat
streptococcus pyogenes
skin infections
staphylococcus aureus
acne
Propionibacterium acnes
inflammation comes with
phagocytosis (innate immunity)
humoral antibodies are
extracellular
cell-mediated antibodies are
intracellular
reside outside of the cells of organisms they infect (typical bacterium)
extracellular pathogens
mainly reside within the organism’s cells (the typical virus)
intracellular pathogens
digest foreign particles (innate immunity)
phagocytosis
virus or microbe is degraded in ________ (innate immunity)
lysosomes
has four major characteristics
inflammatory response
the macrophage presents bits of what they captured to ____ cells
T
produce pro-inflammatory molecules
T cells
organ, tissue, or cell specificity
tropism
lysis & budding
release
cell death, chronic infection, latent infection, cancer
outcomes
slow release of virus without causing cell death is
budding