Review Flashcards
Infection
Invasion and replocation of foriegn bacteria or viruses in your body
Infectious diesease
Infection is spread directly or indirectly from one person to another
Zoonic
Start in animals
Hospital acquired infection aka
Nosocomial infection
Acquired in health care facility and hospital
Hospital acquired infection is ____% preventable
30
Pathogen
Biological agent that can cause disease or illness in its host
Host
Living cell invaded by the pathogen
Microbe
Microorganism, living, need microscope to see
Pandemic
Disease is prevalent throughout country, continent or world
Epidemic
Covers large area but not country sized
4 differences between bacteria and viruses
Bacteria can be good, viruses bad
Virus has protein coat, bacteria has no membrane
Virus requires a host
Virus is treated with vaccine, bacteria treated with antibiotics
Worst type of fungi
Ringworm
3 types of fungi
Ringworm, athletes footm thrush
What is a vector
Transimission by another organism acting as a carrier
Example of diseases from vector of parasite
Malaria, lyme
Toxoplasmosis
Form of protozoa and dysentery
Giardiasis
From contaminated water with protozoa giardia
Helminths
Round worms and tapeworms (protozoa)