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I AND D
VOCABULARY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Microorganism | microbe - small organism not visible to the naked eye. |
| nonpathogens | mocriorganisms who take care of the body |
| pathogens | germs |
| bacteria | simple, one celled organism that multiply rapidly |
| protozoa | one cell animal like organisms |
| fungi | simple plant like organisms |
| rickettside | parasitic microorganism |
| viruses | the smallest organisms and cause sickness |
| hepetitis B | caused by HPV virus |
| hep C | caused by HCV, blood trammits it |
| aerobic | require oxygen to survive |
| anaerobic | live and reproduce in absence of oxygen |
| endegemous | infection/disease originated in the body |
| exogenes | infection/disease originates outside the body |
| nosocomial | infection aquire it in hospital |
| oppurtunistic | infections occurs when body is weak/defensless |
| causative agent | pathogen bacterium/virus |
| reservoir | where it on live |
| fomites | objecs contaminated wih infectious material that contains pathogens |
| portal of exit | way to escape from resvoir to another resevoir |
| mode of transmission | way it transmitted to another resevoir |
| portal of entry | way to enter the resevoir |
| susceptible host | person likely to get infections/disease |
| chain of infection | (all 3 before chain of infection) togather. |