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Microbiology
| words | Definition |
|---|---|
| HEV | is a virus caused by A type of viruses |
| West Nile Virus | is spread by a mosquitoes |
| Microbiology | the study of microorganism |
| Aerobes | bacteria that require oxygen to grow |
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | rare chronic brain disease with onset in middle to late life (40 to 60 years) |
| Latent | dormant |
| Oral candidiasis | is a yeast infection of the oral mucous |
| MRSA | is a bacterium that is resistant to some antibiotics |
| non-pathogenic | Non-disease producing microorganisms |
| Anaerobes | bacteria that grow in the absence of oxygen and are destroyed by oxygen |
| Virulent | capable of causing a serious disease |
| Prions | very tiny infections agents that do not contain DNA or RNA |
| HAV | is a virus that is spread by the fecal-oral route |
| Spore | some bacteria can change into highly resistant. |
| Protozoa | is a single-celled microscopic animal without q rigid cell wall |