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Microbio - Chap 3

QuestionAnswer
commensalism one organism benefits, the other is unaffected
difference between normal and transient flora? one is normal, one is temporary
male (4) (staph, strep) mycobacterium, bacteroides
female (5) (staph, strep, lacto) candida, trichomonas
dental (2) (both strep) sanguis, mutans
is there staph or strep in digestive tract? NO
respiratory (6) (staph, strep, lacto) maemophilis, moraxella, candida
eye (1) staph
communicable may or may not be contagious
non-communicable not contagious
contaminated MOs present on inanimate object
infected MOs present on a living things
components of infectious disease (DN, CA, R, S, TR, POE, S, D, T, P) (DCRSTPSDTP) disease name, causative agent, reservoir, source, transmission route, portal of entry, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention
symptomatic known illness
asymptomatic CARRIER
what are reservoirs? (3) humans, animals, nonliving (soil)
zoonoses disease transferred by animals
4 types of transmission routes? direct contact, indirect contact, droplet transmission, vectors
fomite inanimate object
vehicle transmission (4) fomites, body fluids, air, water, food
vectors are usually? arthropods
how does disease reside in vectors? (2) mechanical (body parts), biological (resides in)
5steps of development of infectious disease in host (I,P,I,D,C) Incubation, prodromal, invasive, decline, convalescence
incubation period no signs or symptoms
prodromal phase vague symptoms
invasive phase most severe signs and symptoms
decline phase declining signs and symtoms
convalescence period healed
4 portal of exits respiratory tract, GI tract, urogenital tract, vectors
5 nosocomial causes staphylococci, staph aureus, enterococcus, gram negative rods, c. dif
epidemiology study of where and when diseases occur
descriptive epidemiology maps of occurence
analyical epidemiology NIGHTINGGALE showed increased sanitation improved epidemic
the CDC center for disease control and prevention
experimental epidemiology showed that handwashing decreased incidence
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