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ECE 2 Target Stn 07

ECE2-07 Reduce Infectious Process

TermDefinition
Immunity the body's defense against disease
Antibodies proteins in the blood that fight disease
Antigens substances made in a laboratory and transferred to people in the form of a shot (injection)
Etiologic Agent a biologic substance that causes illness or disease
Reservoir the usual habitat where an infectious agent lives and grows. Sometimes human, sometime animal, sometime the environment
Portal of Exit How the disease escapes the reservoir to be transmitted to another
Mode of Transmission How the agent travels, generally direct or indirect
Portal of Entry How the agent infects the new host, sometime though breathing particles, sometimes by contact with the skin, etc.
Host The person who is newly infected with the illness or diseease
Symptoms Various reaction of the body to illness or infection. Common symptoms are fever, sore throat, coughing, chills, stiffness, irritability, etc.
Diagnosis When a doctor or tests determines the cause of the illness or infection
Terminally Ill When it is determined that the illness or infection will cause death
Exclusion Policy Not allowing children who are symptomatic to attend school and expose others to illness or infection
Immune System The bodies natural ability to fight illness and disease
Common Communicable illnesses Hepatitis. Viral hepatitis causes 78% of liver cancers and the hepatitis B virus alone infects an estimated one in three people worldwide. ...HIV/AIDS. ...Influenza. ...Malaria. ...Polio. ... Tuberculosis.
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