systems for detection of pathogens

Question 1

commensal non pathogen

in host

Answer 1

present but not capable of causing disease in the host

Question 2

zoonotic non pathogen (in carrier)

Answer 2

present but not only capable of causing disease in another host

Question 3

commnensal opportunist (in host)

Answer 3

present and capable of causing disease in host but only in certain circumstances

Question 4

molecular gene targetting

Answer 4

detect gene or gene products that are pathogenic specific
nucleic acid amplification technique
pcr

Question 5

quantitative PCR

Answer 5

measures speed at which PCR amplicon product accumulates by amount of fluorescence released