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Basic Infectious

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Patnogencity ability of a parasite to gain entry in to the hosts tissue
Endemic Disease that occurs at a low level in a certain geographic area
Pathogenicity Islands cluster of genes resposible for virvulence
Pandemic Disease occurs worldwide
Direct method Physical contact with infected person
Indirect method consumption of contaminated food & water
Epidemic Disease breaks out in explosive proportions within a population
Virulence Concept used to express the degree of pathogencity of a parasite
Disease Any change from the general state of good health
Infection Invasion of colonization of the body by a pathogenic microbe. relationship bewteen 2 organisms & the competition takes place between them
Parasite Another term for pathogen
Portal of entry to the site at which microbes enter the host
Normal Microflora population of microbes that infect the body without causing disease
Rservoir safe place for parasite to reproduce
Carrier one type of reservior
Fomites Inanimate objects that carry disease organisms
Exotoxins Protein molecules produced mainly by gram postive bacteria
Dose number of parasites that must be taken into the body for disease to be estabilished
Endotoxins part of the cell wall of gram negative bacteria & relased when cell is destroyed
Invasiveness ability of a parasite to penetrate tissues & causes structual damage
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