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Infection
Fundies
Question | Answer |
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What are the 6 parts of the Infection Cycle? | Infection agent, Reservoir, Portal of exit, Means of Transmission, Portal of Entry, Susceptible host. |
What are the 4 modes of transmission? What are examples of each? | Contact (direct/indirect, droplets can travel up to 3ft & inhaled.), airborne (stays suspended), vehicle (inanimate like food/water), and vector borne (alive, ex: deer tick, mosquito.) |
Name some examples of a how an infection can make a portal of entry. | Breathing in pathogens, eating food, open wound, insect bite, blood, respiratory. |
Name some examples of reservoirs (Carriers) | Human, soil, food, inanimate objects (Door knobs.) |
What are the 4 stages of Infection? | Incubation, Prodromal, Full Stage, Convalescence. |
What happens during "Full stage of illness" during an infection? | Acute illness is during this period and signs of inflammation are most apparent. (Fever, redness, swelling.) |