Terms To Describe Disease Flashcards by Claudia Arias | Brainscape

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Pathogenic

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Able to produce disease

Pathogen- pathogenicity

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Acute infection

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Comes on quickly

Specific symptoms and time to heal

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Chronic infection

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Slower on set

Vague or non specific symptoms

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Primary/ secondary/ opportunistic infection

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Primary-healthy host

Opportunistic- compromised host

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Communicable disease

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Can be transmitted from host to host

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Non-communicable

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Can not be transmited

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Contagious

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Can be transmitted very easily

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