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Prevalence   Portion of persons infected in a population at a given time  
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Incidence   number of new infections per unit time  
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Endemic   usual presence of disease in a population  
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Pandemic   world-wide epidemic of disease  
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Index Case   the case serving as the source of infection (Thyphoid Mary)  
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Incubation Period   time between exposure amd evidence of symptoms  
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Zoonosis   infection naturally transmitted from animals to man  
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clinical diagnosis   indentification of disease by observing it  
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Epidemic   number of cases per time exceeds endemic rate  
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coccobacilli   between rod and cocci  
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vibrio   comma shaped  
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filamentous   "stringy" long  
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fusiform   short elongated  
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strept   cocci in chains  
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staph   cocci in clusters  
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diplo   cocci in pairs  
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faculatative anaerobes   can use oxygen for respiration; prefer anaerobic environments  
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obligate anaerobes   can't grow in the presence of oxygen  
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cell wall specializations   capsule, flagella, pili(fimbriae),glycocalex,exotoxins,endospores  
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gram positive bacteria   thick peptidoglycan, teichoic acid outside, stain:purple  
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gram negative bacteria   thin peptidoglycan, periplamic space between 2 layers, stain:pink  
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Acid-Fast bacteria   lack cell wall, resist gram-stain, respond to carbofuchsin, only a cell membrane, bacteria:mycobacterium, mycoplasm  
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growth stages   lag, log, stationary, death  
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changes in temp   psycrophiles, mesophiles, thermophiles  
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psycrophiles   <5*C  
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mesophiles   20-40*C (human body range)  
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thermophiles   >45*C  
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Staphylococcus   S. Aureus, S. Saprophyticus, S. Epidermidis  
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S. Aureus   -normal flora of our skin/ area around nose -coagulase positive skin infections: impetigo, folliculitis, abscesses -mamitol-salt agar  
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S. Saprophyticus   -coagulase neg. -main cause of urinary tract infections in young, sexually active females  
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S. Epidemidis   -normal flora of our skin -coagulase negative - can cause endocarditis  
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