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Micro Test #2
Question | Answer |
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Contamination | The infectious organism is present but no reaction from host |
Infection | There is a reaction on the part of the host, the microbes invade, multiply and cause a reaction |
Infectious disease | those caused by a microorganism, when a disease results |
Communicable | when microbes directly or indirectly spread from host to host |
Contagious | one that is very easily or readily spread from host to host |
Non-communicable | not to spread from host to host and is normally present in the body |
Exogenous Infection | infectious agent comes from outside the body |
Endogenous | the organism originates in or on the body.1. Displaced 2. Too Much 3. Resistance is low |
Portals of entry | way of access by the microbes to the body |
Portals of entry: | Skin, Respiratory, GI system, Genitourinary, Placenta |