UNIT 1.1.1 - 1.1.5 VOCAB Flashcards
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Medical Interventions
Any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the course of disease.
Outbreak
A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease.
Pathogens
A specific causative agent of disease.
Contact Tracer
People responsible for carrying out the work of contact tracing—finding connections between individuals and track disease exposure. They need to wear multiple hats as they carry out their work to track and understand the spread of disease.
Bioinformatics
The collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and
biological information using computers especially as applied in molecular
genetics and genomics.
Genomes
The complement of an organism’s genes; an organism’s genetic material.
E-Value
Short for Expect Value. The number of BLAST hits you would expect to see by chance. The smaller the number, the more likely the match is accurate and not by chance. If the E-Value is 0, there is zero chance that the sequence was matched with the query sequence at random.
Max Identity
Displayed as Ident on BLAST. The Max Identity value describes the percentage of nucleotides from the sequence that match with the query sequence. If the Max Identity is 100%, all of the nucleotides in the sequence match the query.
Bioinformatician
Scientists involved in the field of bioinformatics.
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbant Assay (ELISA)
A quantitative in vitro test for an antibody or antigen in which the test
material is absorbed on a surface and exposed either to a complex of an
enzyme linked to an antibody specific for the antigen or an enzyme linked
to an anti-immunoglobulin specific for the antibody followed by reaction
of the enzyme with a substrate to yield a colored product corresponding
to the concentration of the test material.
Enzyme
A protein serving as a catalyst; a chemical agent that changes the rate of
reaction without being consumed by the reaction.
Antigen
A foreign macromolecule that does not belong to the host organism and
elicits an immune response.
Antibody
A protein secreted by plasma cells (differentiated B cells) that binds to a
particular antigen and marks it for elimination.
Immune System
the bodily system that protects the body from foreign substances, cells, and tissues by producing the immune response.
B lymphocytes
A type of white blood cell that makes antibodies
