The Infectious Disease Process

Question 1

Define “Asymptomatic”

Answer 1

No signs, no evidence

Question 2

Define “Systemic”

Answer 2

spreads thoughout the body

Question 3

4 Periods of Infectious Disease

Answer 3

Incubation
Prodromal
Period of illness
Convalescent

Question 4

Define “Prodromal”

Answer 4

nonspecific signs - feeling unwell

Question 5

Define “Convalescent

Answer 5

Period of recovery

Question 6

Describe the parts of Syphillis:

Answer 6

Primary
Secondary
Latent
Tertiary

Question 7

5 parts to the Chain of Infection

Answer 7

Reservoir
Transmission
Portal of entry
Adhere,Invade, Evade, Multiply
Portal of exit

Question 8

Define “The Chain of Reaction”

Answer 8

A cycle by which infections move or travel from host to host

Question 9

_______ - carries the pathogen for a short time

Answer 9

Incubatory carrier

Question 10

_______ - infections from animals

Answer 10

Zoonoses

Question 11

Define “vectors”

Answer 11

Carry the pathogen from the reservoir to the new host

Question 12

Which pathogen does fleas carry from the rats to human hosts?

Answer 12

Yersinia pestis

Question 13

6 Transmission modes

Answer 13

1. Respiratory droplets
2. Fomites
3. Direct contact
4. Fecal-oral
5. Vectors
6. Parenteral

Question 14

5 ways pathogens get into the body

Answer 14

1. External surface
2. Respiratory tract
3. G.I tract
4. Genital tract
5. Urinary tract

Question 15

2 types of infections

Answer 15

1. Exogenous

2. Endogenous

Question 16

Proper name for “acne”

Answer 16

Propionibacterium acnes

Question 17

2 examples of an exogenous pathogen

Answer 17

Clostridium tetani

E. coli 0157

Question 18

Bacteria that causes Nosocomial infections

Answer 18

Clostridum difficile

Question 19

Define “Reservoir”

Answer 19

Where the pathogen lives when not infecting