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tortora chapters 12- 15

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fungi   a morphologically diverse group of spre-bearing, chlorophyllus, usu. non-motile organisms with a cell wall    
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general characteristics of fungi   eukaryotic, glucans, mannans, and chitin in cell wall, no chlorophyll, chemoheterotrophic, mostly saprobes, may be dimorphic, most non-motile, acidic pH, osmophilic, aerobic, metabolize complex carbs   Candida albican is unicellular at 37 degrees, and filamentous at 25 degrees  
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dimorphic fungi   change in shape due to temperature   Candida albican  
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hyphae   long tubular protoplasmic structures that make up the body of a mold or fleshy fungus   (blank)  
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pseudohyphae   occurs when the bud does not separate from the mother cell before budding again   (blank)  
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septa   cross-wall structures that divide hyphae into compartments   (blank)  
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coenocytic   multinucleated or non-septate hypha   early schizont of P. vivax  
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mycelium   mass of branching hyphae   (blank)  
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budding or fission   reproduction of yeast cells   (blank)  
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budding of spores   reproduction of mold   sporangiospores, conidiospores, arthrospores, chlamydospores, blastospores  
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sporangiospores   are produced inside a swollen fertile structure   Rhizopus nigrican, Mucor stolonifer  
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conidiospores   produced in a chain, not in an enclosed sac; open spores   Penicillium notatum, Aspergillus niger  
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arthrospores   formed due to fragmentation of hyphae into single, slightly thickened cells; common in mycosis   Coccidioide immitis  
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blastospores   produced from budding of parent cells   some candida species  
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chlamydosporse   produced by swelling within a hypha; common in the anal region   Cladosporium weneckii  
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plasmogamy   stage one of sexual reproduction of fungi; fusion of the cytoplasm of two hyphae   (blank)  
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karyogamy   stage two; fusion of the nucleii   (blank)  
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meiosis   stage three; reduction division   (blank)  
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zygospores   sexual spore produced when teh nuclei of two morphologically similar cells fuse   Phylum zygomycota  
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ascospores   produced when nucleii of two morphologically similar or dissimilar cells fuse   phylum ascomycota  
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ascus   where ascospores are produced   (blank)  
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basidiospores   developed from the end of a club shaped structure   basidiomycotta= mushroom  
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deuteromycota   fungi imperfecti; only asexual reproduction   candida albicans (infects the blood, blastospores), C. immitis (respiratory infection, arthospores)  
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zygomycota   conjugation fungi' saprophytic, nonseptate, sexual by zygospores, asexual by sporangiospores   rhizopus (lung infection), mucor (lung infection)  
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basidiomycota   club fungi; septate hyphae, sexual by basidiospores, asexual by conidiospores   C. neoformans (lung infection, possible death: common in HIV patients and can't be treated by antibiotic)  
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ascomycota   sac fungi have septate hyphae, dimorphic, sexual by ascospores, asexual by conidio or arthospores   Aspergillus (lung and ear infections= oportunistic)  
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mycosis   fungal disease   (blank)  
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systemic mycosis   deep infection, may involve a number of tissues and organs, caused by saprobes in the soil; infection by inhalation and non-contagious   H. capsulatum (Histoplasmosis= TB of lungs), C. immitis  
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subcutaneous mycosis   beneath the skin: dermis, hair follicle, nail bed, saprophytic dermatophytes on vegetation and in soil, infection by wound or puncture in skin, are contagious   L. loboi (lobomycosis)  
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superficial mycosis   localized infections of hair shaft and skin: called piedras due to hard nodules formed, or tinae; commonly found in soil   (blank)  
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opportunistic mycosis   caused by a fungus that is harmless under normal conditions but may become pathogenic in a compromised host   aspergillosis, candidiasis  
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protozoans   unicellular, usu motile, eukaryotic protist (fr. kingdom protista) plant like and animal like   (blank)  
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protozoal cell   must have a cytoplasmic body and a nucleus most have one nucleus, but may have two or more, mostly aerobic, motile, asexual and sexual reproduction, some may produce cyst   (blank)  
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schizogony   multiple fission; means of asexual reproduction in protozoans   (blank)  
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protozoal means of locomotion   pseudopodia, flagella, cilia   (blank)  
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sexual reproduction of protozoa   conjugation or by syngamy (fusion of gametes)   (blank)  
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asexual reproduction of protozoans   binary fission or schizogony   (blank)  
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sarcodina   amoebas (move by projecting pseudopodia), transmitted by ingestion of food contaminated with cyst   E. histolytica (causes amoebic dysentery)  
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mastigophora   protozoa that move by flagella, have trophozoites (usu. spindle shaped), no cyst, transmitted by sex, dirty toilets or towels   G. lamlia (giardiasis= chronic diarrhea), T. vaginalis (vaginitis), T. gambiense (african sleeping sickness fr. tsetse fly bite)  
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ciliata   protozoa that move with help of cilia   B. coli (dysentery)  
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sporozoa   non motile in mature form, obligate intracellular parasites   P. vivax (malaria), T. gondii (toxoplasmosis  
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vectors   a living insect or other transporter of pathogenic microorganisms   tic, lice, mosquitos  
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arthropod: tic (ixodes)   causes: Borreliosis   B. burgdorferi  
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arthropods: lice (pediculus)   causes epidemic typhus   rickettsias and spirochetes  
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arthropods: mosquito (anopheles- female only)   causes malaria   P. vivax  
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arthropods: mosquito (culex)   causes encephalitis (inflamation of brain membranes)   arboVIRUS  
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arthropods: tsetse fly   causes sleping sickness   T. gamniense  
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virus   non-living; only considered living after entering living host; non-cellular entity which consist mainly of protein and nucleic acid (DNA an RNA)   latin for "poison"  
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Dmitri Iwanoski   discovered tobacco mosaic disease in 1892; nothing would grow on petri dish, but killed plants when sprayed on them   (blank)  
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contagium vivum fluidum   a living infectious fluid; what iwanoski called the virus he discovered   (blank)  
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unique qualities of viruses   no metabolism and few or no enzymes of their own, no intrinsic motility, cannot grow on artificial lab media, do not respond to physical stimuli in their environment   (blank)  
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specificity   a. presence of specific receptors on cell wall surface b. availability of cellular factors (nutrients, enzymes etc) required for viral multiplication   HIV specific for T4 cells, P. vivax for RBC's  
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viral classes   animal, plant, and bacterial viruses   (blank)  
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viral size   range from 20- 450 nm in diameter and 20- 14,000 nm in length   Polio virus is the smallest at about 20 nm  
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viral structure   an infectious viral particle, a fully assembled virus, is composed of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat; all parts are assembled separately then put together; without all parts connected, it will not affect other cells   (blank)  
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capsid   protein coat surrounding the DNA or RNA in a nucleus   (blank)  
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virion   a fully assembled, infectious, viral particle   (blank)  
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viral nucleic acid   may have either DNA or RNA, but never both   (blank)  
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viral DNA   single stranded, double stranded; circular or linear   (blank)  
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viral RNA   single stranded, double stranded, linear or circular   HIV retrovirus= double stranded linear  
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capsid or nucleocapsid   composed of protein subunits of one or more than one protein   (blank)  
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envelope   sometimes surrounds the capsid, consists of a combination of lipids, proteins, and CHO   (blank)  
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capsomeres   protein subunits that make up the capsid   (blank)  
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spikes   sometimes surround envelope; antigens; CHO and protein complex used for identification, attachmnet to host, cause hemagglutination (can be deadly)   (blank)  
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naked virus   nonenveloped virus   (blank)  
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polyhedral   many sided virus; many plant, animal, and bacterial viruses are icosahedron (20 faces and 12 corners)   poliovirus  
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helical   resemble long rods that may be flexible or rigid   tobacco mosaic virus  
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enveloped virus   have a roughly spherical but somewhat variable shape even though the nucleocapsid may be either icosahedral or helical   HIV virus  
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complex virus   have capsid symmetry that is neither purely icosahedral nor helical. may have tails or other structures or have complex, multilayered walls surrounding nucleic acids   T4 Bacteriophage; **ONLY BACTERIAL VIRUSES  
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cultivation of bacterial virus   may only be grown on media with living cells; no tissue culture   (blank)  
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plaque method   viruses are cultured on a solid culture of bacteria; most common method    
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liquid media   viruses may be cultured in a suspension of bacteria; if virus is present, turbidity will increase because bacteria are killed   (blank)  
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cultivation of animal viruses   living animals, embryonated egge, and cell cultures; cell lines and continuous cell lines   (blank)  
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continuous cell lines   cells that grow on top of one another; hybridoma; tissue culture   derived from cancer cell  
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primary cell lines   grow for 2 or 3 generations then die; grow in a monolayer   normal tissue  
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cultivation of plant viruses   living plants and plant cell lines   (blank)  
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which cells can get cancer?   ALL nucleated (eukaryotic) cells   (blank)  
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plaques   clear zones on a bacterial lawn in the plaque method that indicate presence of a virus   (blank)  
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multiplication of bacteriophages   1. attachment/ adsorption 2. penetration (DNA) or entry 3. biosynthesis of viral components 4. maturation/ assembly 5. release   (blank)  
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eclipse period   a period in shich no complete viruses or no infection particles are detectable in the host cell   from attachment to biosynthesis  
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isolation of bacteriophages   1. sewage water is filtered to remove large components 2. add filtrate to bacterial culture   NOT to bacterial culture medium (this is just the broth, with no bacteria present)  
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burst size   number of mature viruses released from a single host cell; 250-300   (blank)  
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burst time   time between attachment and release; 20-30 minutes   (blank)  
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multiplication of animal viruses   1. attachment/ adsorption 2. penetration (entire virus) 3. uncoating 4. biosynthesis 5. maturation 6. release   (blank)  
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lytic cycle   bacteria dies, virus carries it's own viral DNA   (blank)  
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lysogenic cycle   viral DNA joins DNA of host; no cell death (yet)   (blank)  
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prophage   viral DNA + bacterial DNA   (blank)  
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provirus   viral DNA + animal DNA   (blank)  
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lysogeny   viral DNA is incorporated into bacterial DNA; once infected immune to that virus again; may exhibit new properties like resistance, production of toxins, specialized transduction   (blank)  
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proto-oncogenes (20 known)   normally functioning regulator genes; a switch that is turned off by cancer causing viruses   produce protein kinases  
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oncogenes   "mad genes" caused by high E. radiation, mutagenic chemicals, and some viruses, allow continued growth of cells   (blank)  
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DNA proto-oncogenic viruses   poxvirus, papilloma virus, herpes virus   (blank)  
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RNA oncogenic viruses   retroviruses   HIV-1, HIV-2  
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prions   proteinaceous infectious particles possibly generated in or by the host; incubation for 15-20 years; can not be lab-grown; non-living, no DNA; spongy brain   mad cow disease, creutzfeldt-jakob disease, fatal familial insomnia  
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pathogen   a microbe that can cause disease in a susceptible host; does not always cause disease   (blank)  
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pathology   the scientific study of disease   (blank)  
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disease   any change from a state of health   contagious does not mean infectious  
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infectious disease   involves microbes   (blank)  
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non-infectious disease   does not involve microbes; genes etc   Grave's Disease  
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infection   colonization of the body by pathogenic microorganisms; we are infected ALL the time; there are not always signs and symptoms of infection   (blank)  
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normal flora   microbes that colonize an animal without causing a disease; over 100 species for adult human   C. xerosis, dipthroids, Hemophilus and Neisseria, Actinomyces, Bacteroids, Enterobacter, Escherichia, Klebsiella, Proteus, Citrobacter, Enterococcus  
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normal flora of a fetus   none! a healthy fetus is sterile until birth membranes break   HIV cannot pass through placenta unless internal injury occurs  
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commensalism   form of symbiosisin which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected; opposite of parasitism   Corynebacteria (eye), Saprophitic mycobacteria (ear, genitals) like M. smegmatis (ear wax)  
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mutulism   form of symbiosis in which both organisms benefit   E. coli in the large intestine synthesize vitamin K and B vitamins  
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parasitism   form of symbiosis in which one organism benefits and one is harmed   Chlamydiae (STD), any disease causing microbe  
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opportunistic organisms   do not cause disease under normal conditions but cause disease in a compromised host   E. Coli if it travels out of the colon  
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Exception to Koch's postulate   etiologies of diseases caused by viruses, and some bacteria which do not grow on artificial medium   T. pallidum (syphilis)  
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exception to Koch's postulate   some pathologies may be caused by a variety of microbes   pneumonia and nephritis  
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exception to Koch's postulate   some pathogens cause several different diseases   S. pyogenes  
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sporadic disease   occurs occasionally in a population   typhoid fever in the U.S.  
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endemic disease   is constantly present in a certain population   common cold, STD's  
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epidemic disease   acquired by many people in a given area in a short amount of time   influenza  
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pandemic disease   epidemic that occurs world wide   AIDS  
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acute disease   symptoms develop rapidly but las for only a short time   flu  
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chronic disease   illnes that develops slowly and is likely to continue or recur for long periods of time   TB, syphilis  
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subacute disease   a disease with symptoms between acute and chronic   sclerosingpanencephalitis (SPE)  
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latent   characterized by a period of no symptoms when the pathogen is inactive; more like a phase of a disease   shingles, AIDS  
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reservoirs   a continual source of infection is called a reservoir of infection   humans, water  
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direct contact transmission   person to person   hugging, kissing, touching, etc  
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indirect contact transmission   through fomites   pens, needles, utensils  
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droplet contact transmission   through saliva and mucus, and other body fluids; when transmitted less than one meter   (blank)  
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common vehicle transmission   a large number of people infected through the same inanimate reservoir   nosocomial infections, water born diseases  
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airborne transmission   pathogens carried on water droplets or dust for a distance > 1 meter   Q. fever, histoplasmosis (fr. H. capsulatum)  
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most common nosocomial infection   urinary tract infection   improper catheter technique  
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most common cause of nosocomial infection   opportunistic, drug resistant, gram negative bacteria   P. aeruginosa, E. coli (non surgical), S. Aureus (surgical)  
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how an infectious disease occurs   1. transported to the host 2. adhere to, colonize, or invade host 3. multiply 4. evade host defense mechanisms 5. possess ability to damage host   must have enzyme, poison, or toxin to damage host  
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incubation   time interval between actual infection and first appearance of signs and symptoms   deer tic bite to development of small rash at bite site; hours to days  
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prodromal period   appearance of mild sighs and symptoms   rash spreads, fever develops  
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illness   disease is at its height and all signs and symptoms are present   full rash, high fever, joint pain; if treatment is given, immune system prevails, proceed to decline, alternatively: death)  
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decline   signs and symptoms subside   if not diagnosed and treated properly, may have lifelong symptoms  
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convalescence   body returns to pre-diseased state, and health is restored.   :)  
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