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Public Health Microbiology Flashcards

1
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This is often the leading cause of illnesses in the country.

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Communicable Diseases

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They afflict the most vulnerable of the population.

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Communicable Diseases

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These are diseases that spreads from person to person through a variety of ways.

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Communicable Diseases

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This plays an important role in planning and evaluating disease prevention and control programs.

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Reporting Cases

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These are the types of microorganisms that cause infections.

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  1. Bacteria
  2. Virus
  3. Parasite
  4. Fungi
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This is the most common infection causing microorganism.

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Bacteria

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These microorganisms are mainly composed of nucleic acids such as DNA or RNA.

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Virus

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These microorganisms replicate by entering living cells.

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Virus

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9
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These microorganisms include yeasts and molds.

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Fungi

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These microorganisms thrive from consuming other living organisms.

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Parasite

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This is how you can distinguish pathogens from one another.

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Characteristics

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These are the characteristics in distinguishing pathogens.

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  1. Cells
  2. Size
  3. Nucleus
    (4. Way of Reproduction)
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13
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This is a pathogen that do not contain any cells or nucleus.

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Virus

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This is a pathogen that has a size of 1-5um.

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Bacteria

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This is a pathogen that has a size of 0.02-0.2um.

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Virus

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This is a pathogen that has a size of 15-25um.

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Parasites

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This is a pathogen that has a size of 3-10um.

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Fungi (especially yeast)

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18
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This is how bacteria replicate.

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Binary Fission

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19
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This is how viruses replicate.

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Viral Genetics

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20
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This is how parasites replicate.

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Mitosis

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21
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This is how fungi replicates.

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Mitosis via Budding

22
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This is a traditional epidemiologic triad model that holds infectious diseases from the interaction, agent, and host in an environment.

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Chain of Infection

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These are the steps in the chain of infection.

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  1. Pathogen
  2. Reservoir
  3. Portal of Exit
  4. Mode of Transmission
  5. Portal of Entry
  6. Susceptible Host
24
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This only happens when the infectious agent leaves the reservoir or host.

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Infection

25
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This is another term for pathogens.

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Etiologic Agents

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This is the extent to which any microorganism is capable of producing an infectious process that depends on the number of microorganisms.

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Pathogens

27
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This is also called the source of microorganisms.

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Reservoir

28
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These are the examples of sources of microorganisms.

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  1. Humans
  2. Animals
  3. Plants
  4. Microorganisms
29
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This is the most common source of infections for others and for themselves.

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People

30
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This is where microorganisms leave the host.

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Portal of Exit

31
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This is dependent on the mechanism a pathogen uses in order to reach another host.

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Mode of Transmission

32
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These are the two modes of transmission.

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  1. Direct Transmission
  2. Indirect Transmission
33
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This involves the immediate and direct transfer of microorganism.

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Direct Transmission

34
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These are examples of direct transmission.

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Touching, biting, kissing, droplet spread, or sexual intercourse.

35
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This is the distance wherein direct transmission is transferred from host to source.

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3 feet

36
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These are also possible portals of entry susceptible from droplet spreads like coughing, sneezing, talking, and singing.

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Mucous membranes like eyes, nose, or mouth.

37
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These are the two types of indirect transmission.

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  1. Vehicle Borne
  2. Vector Borne
38
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This when a substance serves as the intermediate mode of transport in order to introduce the infectious agent through a portal of entry.

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Vehicle Borne Transmission

39
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These are objects or materials that carry around infections such as handkerchiefs, toys, soiled clothes, etc.

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Fomites

40
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This is when an infectious agent is injected from the salivary gland fluid of an animal or insect through biting or depositing fecal matter on the skin via bite wound or traumatized skin.

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Vector Borne Transmission

41
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This is when the microorganism must enter the body in order to infect the host.

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Portal of Entry

42
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This is the same as how microorganisms enter a host just as they leave it.

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Portal of Entry

43
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This is any person that is at risk for any kind of infection.

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Susceptible Host

44
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This is an individual that is at an increased risk and more likely to acquire an infection.

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Compromised Host

45
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This is an example of factors that can greatly affect the susceptibility of a person.

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Autoimmune Disorder

46
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These are several factors the chain of infection can be broken down.

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  1. Increased Host Resistance
  2. Destruction of Reservoir
  3. Destruction of Agent
  4. Exposure Avoidance
47
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This is the most important procedure for the prevention of microorganism transfer.

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Correct and frequent handwashing.

48
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This is how long handwashing should take.

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20 seconds or longer.

49
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These are the following instances wherein handwashing needs to be done.

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  1. Beginning of every shift
  2. End of every shift.
  3. Before and after prolonged contact with a patient.
  4. Before invasive procedure.
  5. Before contact with susceptible patients.
  6. Before touching wounds.
  7. After contact with bodily fluids, even when gloves are worn.
  8. Anytime you are doubtful of its necessity.
50
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These are the reasons why gloves are worn.

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  1. To protect the hands when handling body substances.
  2. To reduce the likelihood of transmitting own microorganisms to patients
  3. To reduce the chance of health workers transmitting pathogens from client/fomite to other clients.
51
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These are situations wherein gloves must be changed between clients.

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In all situations.

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