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Micro. Chap 14

Stack #28176 - Microbiology

TermDefinition
Pathogenesis The manner in which a disease develops.
Infection The invasion or colonization of the body by pathogenic microorganisms.
Disease Any departure from a normal state of health.
Normal Flora Microbial inhabitants or permanent residents of the body; do not produce disease under normal conditions.
Communicable Disease Spreads from one host to another either directly or indirectly.
Opportunistic Organisms Potentially pathogenic; don’t cause disease in their normal habitant.
Contagious Easily spread from one person to another.
Endemic A disease which infects a small percentage of the population in a community at all times.
Epidemic Outbreak; # of cases rises significantly above the Endemic #.
Prevalence The actual proportion of the population that is infected at any given time.
Pandemic Epidemic proportion of the disease in people of many nations.
Acute Rapid presentation of disease.
Chronic Illness is one that develops slowly and is likely to continue or recur for long periods.
Latent Causative agent remains inactive for a time.
Nosocomial An infection that develops during the course of a hospital stay and was not present at admission.
Primary Infection Acute causing illness.
Secondary Infection Opportunistic infection after acute illness.
Virion Complete, fully developed viral particle composed of nucleic acid
Cytopathic Effect (CPE) The visible effect on a host cell, caused by a virus, that may result in host cell damage or death.
Lytic Cycle A mechanism of phage multiplication that results in host cell lysis.
Lysogenic Cycle Stages in viral development that result in the incorporation of viral DNA into host cell DNA. (only in dbl. stranded DNA)
Prophage The inserted phage DNA
Bacteriophage A bacterial virus.
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