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Steps to becoming unwell with an infection

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  1. Transmission
  2. Infection
  3. Pathogenicity
  4. Virulence
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what happens at the transmission step?

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host has to acquire the organism

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what happens at the infection step?

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the organism has to reproduce inside the host

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what happens at the pathogenicity step?

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organism interacts with the host in a way that causes diseases

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what happens at the virulence stage?

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organism causes a disease of varying severity

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example of air-borne spread

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aerosols or droplets from cough etc

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examples of person to person spread

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direct e.g. skin infection, STDs

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Examples of faceo-oral spread

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most often via food/ water e.g. cholera

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examples of consumption of infected material transmission

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e.g. salmonella, tapeworm

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example of vector-borne disease transmission

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mosquitos spread malaria & zika infection

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example of endogenous infection transmission

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from movement of own microbiome e.g. colonic bacteria to urine

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example of direct inoculation transmission

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e.g. open fracture, bite form infected animal

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how do microorganisms cause disease?

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indirect damage by host immune response and direct damage by the pathogen

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How does the host immune response cause indirect damage?

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  • inflammation causes tissue damage & lost of normal function
  • systemic response to infection can cause organ failure and death
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How does a pathogen cause direct damage?

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  • viral reproduction causes cell lysis ( cell breakdown)
  • Bacteria secrete toxins causing cell damage
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How do microorganisms evade the immune system?

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  1. Adhere (stick) to the epithelium
  2. Invade epithelial cells / cross epithelial barrier
  3. Evade innate immune cells
  4. Evade adaptive immune cells and antibodies
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define virulence factors:

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components or structure of microorganisms that helps in establishment of disease or infection (essentially to assist microorganism to colonise)

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virulence factors include factors that allow microorganisms to:

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  • Adhere to and invade host tissues
  • Evade host defences
  • Proliferate in the host
  • Cause damage
  • Produce toxins
  • host- pathogen interaction
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tiny hairs on bacteria are called?

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pili

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Define adhesins

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(on bacteria that) allows them to stick onto epithelial cells & stops them from being swept away

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Define adhesins and pili

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pili- tiny hairs (on bacteria that) and adhesins allow them to stick onto epithelial cells & stops them from being swept away

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Some bacteria secrete enzymes which do what?

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degrade the host molecules by attacking the epithelial barrier (e.g. breaking down tight junctions)

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secretion of enzymes allows bacteria/ viruses to?

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get past the barrier and then sit in the interstitial/ extracellular fluid however can get into epithelial cells or immune cells (e.g. tuberculosis)

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Once bacteria/virus has invaded the cell, they will do what?

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set of signalling molecules that will propagate this and make this process worse

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Steps to adherence and invasion

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  • Bacteria has anatomical structure (pili and adhesins)
  • Some bacteria secrete enzymes, attacking the barrier
  • Can however get into epithelial or immune cells
  • once invaded it will set of signalling molecules
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Examples of evade host defences in bacteria

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capsule, cell wall and toxins

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Examples of evade host defences in viruses

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antigenic drift, antigenic shift

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Function of capsule in bacteria

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-protects bacteria from host immune response and antibiotics

29
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‘frustrated phagocytosis’ enhances?

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the inflammatory response

30
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define frustrated phagocytosis

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occurs when phagocytic cells are exposed to an opsonised surface and spread as if trying to engulf it

31
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Function of cell wall in bacteria

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  • contains endotoxins - excreted after cell death & lysis
  • Activate a pathway of events weakening host (septic shock)
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define antigenic drift

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small changes in viral antigens due to point mutations in genes

33
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define antigenic shift

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Major changes in vial antigens due to gene reassortment

34
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virulence factors are determined how?

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genetically

35
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Horizontal gene transfer enables?

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bacteria to respond and adapt to their environment rapidly by acquiring large DNA sequences from another bacterium in a single transfer

36
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Horizontal gene transfer therefore means bacteria can?

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share antibiotic resistance genes

37
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genes disseminated by horizontal transfer allows?

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bacteria to share common pathogenic mechanisms and antibiotics resistance

38
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Strep A is transmitted how?

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person- person spread, air- borne

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Infection by Streptococcus A is what type of bacteria? shape? oxygen conditions?

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Gram positive
Cocci shape
Aerobe

40
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Pharyngitis also known as

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sore throat

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scarlet fever also known as?

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rash

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How does sore throat (pharyngitis) cause indirect damage by host immune response?

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Bacteria invade throat cells
- immune system fights bacteria causing inflammation

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How does scarlet fever cause direct damage by the pathogen?

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Bacteria in the throat make a toxin that enters the body and causes a skin rash

44
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How does Invasive group A strep disease by direct damage by the pathogen?

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Bacteria evade the immune system and spread to a normally sterile body site- toxin causes shock and multiorgan failure

45
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Virulence of sore throat, rash, Strep A?

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Sore throat: mild- very common
Rash: moderate - less common
Strep A : severe - very rare

46
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what causes influenza?

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viruses: several types cause infection in humans : influenza A, B & C

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How is Influenza highly transmissible?

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air- borne, person to person direct & indirect contact, can also come from animals and birds

48
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How does Influenza infect?

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viruses enter cells of respiratory tract and proliferate

49
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Pathogenesis of Influenza via direct damage

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-Viruses directly damage respiratory cells by lysis during reproduction

50
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Pathogenesis of Influenza via indirect damage

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-Viruses cause indirect damage by triggering an immune response which causes damage and symptoms

51
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Viiruses make a lot of ‘mistakes’ during replication, by creating?

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new strains

52
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SARS- CoV-2 is what type of virus

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RNA virus

53
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Why do RNA viruses have a high mutation rate?

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RNA viruses dont have proof reading mechanisms to correct mistakes

54
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define a variant

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where the viral genome contains one or more mutations

55
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List ways some variants confer advantages on the virus

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  • Increase transmissibility

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