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Exam 4
Part A-Matching
Term | Definition |
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Acute | Short-lasting primary infection |
Antigen | Substance that causes the production of antibodies |
Biological Transmission | Pathogen reproduces in vector |
Chronic | Disease that develops slowly and lasts for months |
Contagious Disease | Easily Spread disease |
Cytokines | Chemical Messengers |
Fomite | Inanimate object that can serve as a vector |
Major histocompatibility complex | MHC |
NK-cells | Cells that attack tumors |
Normal microbiota | Permanent resident of host |
Secondary infection | Opportunistic infection |
Siderophores | Bind iron |
Signs | Measurable effects of a disease |
Symptoms | Immeasurable effects of a disease |
Transient microbiota | Microbe present on host for a short amount of time |
Virulence | Pathogenicity of a microbe |
1st antibody to respond | IgM |
Antibodies found in mucosal secretions | IgA |
Associated with allergies & lysis of parasitic worms | IgE |
Most abundant & can cross the placenta | IgG |
Initiates immune response | IgD |
-oid | like |
phago- | eat |
pod- | foot |
sarco- | flesh |
sept- | rotting |
Phagocyte | Ingest foreign objects |
Mechanical Transmission | Vector not infected. Transmission directly due to physical interaction with vector |