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Microbiology

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Abcesses   walled off infections into which cells of immune system cannot gain entry  
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Acute infection   begin abruptly, usually with severe effects  
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Aerosols   droplets produced by coughing or sneezing  
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Asymptomatic infection   (subclinical/inapparent) infections that do not manifest symptoms even though microbe is present and normally growing  
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Bacteremia   bacteria in the blood  
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Chronic carrier   one who can spread the disease even though asymptomatic himself  
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Chronic infection   appear insidiously an last for extended periods  
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Clinical disease   one in which symptoms are visible  
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Communicable diseases   one where the agent can be passed from one host to another  
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Contagious disease   diseases that are highly communicable  
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Endemic   diseases localized to their specific areas  
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Endotoxins   integral part of the microbe--common virulence factor--released only when microbe is damaged or lysed--  
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Epidemic   an outbreak of a disease in a restricted area, like a city or state  
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Epidemiology   identifying new organisms and their mode of spread--essential to the reduction of disease  
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Exoenzymes   a number of organisms, including bacteria and viruses, secrete enzymes  
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Exotoxins   toxins secreted from the microbe  
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Extracellular pathogen   survive in humans by characteristic virulence factors that allow them to evade phagocytic cells that would otherwise destroy them  
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Fecal-oral route   microbes transmitted through dirty hands of bugs  
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Focus   (locale) infection that does not spread--a cut that gets nfected  
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Fomite   disease transmission from an inanimate object  
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Hemolysins   toxins or enzymes specifically cause red blood cells to lyse and release their contents--contents available to pathogen as nutrient source  
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Horizontal transmission   disease transmission from one individual to another  
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Inapparent infection   (asymptomatic, subclinical) infections that do not manifest symptoms even though microbe is present and normally growing  
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Infection control committee   on-site in hospitals to identify and control the spreading of outbreaks as rapidly as possible  
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Infection control nurse   on-site in hospitals to identify and control the spreading of outbreaks as rapidly as possible  
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Infectious dose   varies from one organism to another and refers to how many organisms are required to establish an infection of average--exposure to fewer number of this organism usually don't cause infection  
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Intracellular pathogen   developed virulence factors that allow them to survive even inside phagocytic cells  
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Latency   (latent state) symptoms subside--somewhere in the body the microbes carry on in a dormant state--reactivate when immune system is weak or due to other factors  
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Leukocytosis   increased numbers of white blood cells (leukocyte--white cells--osis--condition of) normal in infectious disease  
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Leukopenia   (leuko--white cell--penia--poverty of) reduced numbers of white blood cells  
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Local infection   (systemic) spread via blood or lymphatic system  
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Locale   (focus) wound that becomes infected but does not spread  
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Nonvirulent microbes   microbes that do not cause disease in humans  
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Opportunistic infections   when individuals become diseased because of nonpathogenic organisms like normal flora  
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Pandemic   when a disease spreads around the whole world  
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Portal of entry   site where pathogens gain access to tisue that can be infected--mouth, nose, GU tract, cuts in skin, placenta, and penetration point of a mosquito's proboscis  
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Primary (frank) pathogen   can successfully invade and infect healthy hosts  
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Primary infection   one infection that may lead to another  
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Secondary infection   infection caused by primary infection  
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Septicemia   actively growing bacteria in the blood  
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Sequelae   diseases that seem to completely mend but have specific aftermaths or follow-up problems later  
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Subacute infection   in between acute and chronic infections--intermediate duration and symptom severity  
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Subclinical infection   (asymptomatic, inapparent) infection that do not manifest symptoms even though microbe is present and normally growing  
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Systemic infection   (local) spread via blood or lymphatic systems  
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Toxemia   toxins spread via the blood stream  
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Vertical transmission   disease transmitted from parent to progeny  
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Viremia   Virus in the blood  
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Virulence factors   microbial chemical factors that are required ofr or important in establishing disease  
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