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Exam 4 Immunology

Microbiology

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during incubation, microbe expressing the right virulence factor at the right time Sequential Timing
attachment, masking/hiding, evasion and invasion Steps of Incubation
a healthcare associated infection (HAI) acquired during process of receiving healthcare Nosocomial Infection
because humans only reservoirs and it didn't mutate, It didn't have biological vectors and was easily observable Why smallpox only disease eradicated
the habitant where the infectious agent lives, grows and multiplies What is a Reservoir
transmitted by direct contact, indirect contact and vehicle transmission and spread through mechanical and biological vectors How are infectious diseases transmitted and spread
comes and goes quickly like flus and colds Acute Infection
comes and stays for an extended period Chronic Infection
it is there for a long time until it manifest itself showing no sign or symptoms Latent Infection
only affects one part of the body Local infection
infection has spread over the body Systemic Infection
center of disease control prevents, detects and responds to diseases around the world so they don't come into the US CDC
they promote health and keep the world safe World Health Organization
picks up the infectious pathogen outside of its body from something else. Example: rat or flies Mechanical vector
has the pathogen inside their bodies and delivers it to the host via a bite. Example: mosquito, tick, tsetse fly Biological vector
ability of organism to cause disease Pathogenicity
study of identification of the microbe causing the disease Etiology
occurs when germs enter the host body and multiply causing illness or disease Infection
abnormal condition of an organism that impairs body functions Disease
serum used to stimulate the body's immune response against disease Vaccine
live attenuated vaccines inactivated vaccines recombinant vaccines Types of vaccines
angulation test complement fixation test Elisa test precipitation test neutralization tes Types of Immunological Diagnostic Tests
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