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1
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how is chicken pox transmitted?

A

through skin to skin contact

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2
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how is the plague spread?

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through flea bites and via URT

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3
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how is TB spread?

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through feacal matter

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4
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how is glandular fever spread?

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through genital secretions or transfer of saliva

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5
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how is cholera spread?

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unsafe water and contaminated food

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6
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how is anthrax spread?

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contact with spores in infectious animal products

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7
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how is giardiasis spread?

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via ingestion of contaminated food or water

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what is the first line of defence?

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non-specific defences against a pathogen

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9
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what is second line of defence?

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defences specific for bacteria or viruses

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what is the third line of defence?

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defences specific to a pathogen

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11
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what are innate defences?

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mechanical barriers and phagocytes

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12
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what causes the inflammatory response?

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invasion and local multiplication

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13
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what are the characteristics of the first line of defence?

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present at all times, non-specific, physical and chemical and uses commensal flora

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14
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what does lysosome do?

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present in tears and dissolves cell walls

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15
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what does the skin do to protect?

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acts as a physical barrier and produces antimicrobial fatty acids to prevent colonisation

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16
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what is the purpose of the second line of defence?

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to localise the infection, neutralise toxins and repair damaged tissue

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17
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what line of defence is phagocytosis?

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second

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18
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what are the 5 cardinal symptoms of acute inflammation?

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redness, heat, swelling, pain and loss of function

19
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what is involved in the third line of defence?

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antibody and cell mediated immunity

20
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what is the infection cycle?

A

portal of entry into host 1, portal of exit into host 2

21
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what 3 factors does transmission depend on?

A

number of microorganisms shed, the stability in the environment and number of microorganisms infecting the new host

22
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what is the infective dose?

A

the number of microorganisms that infect the new host

23
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what are some examples of portal of exit?

A

ear wax, broken skin, faeces, saliva, urethra

24
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why is a reservoir of infection important?

A

allows a disease to persist in a community as it gives a continual source of organisms

25
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what diseases have human reservoirs?

A

AIDS, diphtheria, hep B and gonorrhoea

26
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what diseases have animal reservoirs?

A

rabies

27
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what are some examples of non-living reservoirs?

A

soil and water

28
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what type of diseases are usually spread via contaminated water?

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mostly GI diseases

29
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what is crossing of the species barrier?

A

when one species infects another

30
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what are the inanimate reservoirs?

A

soil, air, water and food

31
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what is direct contact transmission?

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skin-skin contact

32
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what diseases are spread by direct contact?

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syphilis, herpes and gonorrhoea

33
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what is indirect contact transmission?

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spread from one host to another using fomites

34
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what is droplet transmission?

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contact of less than 1 metre

35
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what is veneral transmission?

A

sexually transmitted diseases

36
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what kinds of diseases are transmitted through skin?

A

warts, fungal infections and staph infections

37
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what is horizontal transmission?

A

exponential spread, helped by crowded situations

38
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what is vertical spread?

A

spread from mother to baby via childbirth or breast milk

39
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what is vehicle transmission?

A

airborne, water borne or food borne transmission

40
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what diseases are air borne?

A

influenza, TB and chickenpox

41
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what diseases are water borne?

A

cholera

42
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what diseases are food borne?

A

hepatitis, food poisoning and typhoid fever

43
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what is a biological vector?

A

vector acts as a host for the multiplication of the pathogen, involves the life cycle

44
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what is a mechanical vector?

A

insects carry the pathogen passively

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