Vocabulary Part II
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| Reservoir | Continual source
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| Carrier | Organism (usually humans) that harbors pathogens and transmits them to others
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| Zoonoses | Disease occurs primarily in wild and domestic animals but can be transmitted to humans
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| Morbidity | Incidence of specific disease, being deceased
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| Mortality | Number of deaths from a specific notifiable disease
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| Siderophores | Bacterial iron-binding proteins
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| Toxemia | Presence of toxins in the blood
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| Antitoxins | Specific antibody produced by the body in response to a bacterial exotoxin or its toxoid
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| Toxoids | Inactivated toxin
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| Shock (septic) | Sudden drop in BP induced by bacterial toxins
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| Cytokines | (Chemical messengers) Small proteins released from human cells that regulate immune response directly or indirectly with fever, pain or T Cell proliferation
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| Perorin | Protein makes a pore in a target cell membrane, released by cytotoxic T lymphocytes
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| Interferons (IFNs) | Specific group of cytokines (alpha, beta, gamma) that are produced in response to the immune system
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| Thymus | Mammalian organ responsible for immune system maturation
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| T-cell receptors | Molecules on T-cells that recognize antigens
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| Antigens | Any substance that cause antibody formation
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| Antibodies | Globulin proteins (protein family w/a compact, globular from)
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| Clonal Selection | Development of clones of B&T cells against a specific antigen
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| Agglutination | Clumping, joining together of cells
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| Opsonization | Enhancement of phagocytosis by coating microorganisms with certain serum proteins
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| Interleukins | Chemicals which cause T Cell proliferation
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| Conjugated vaccines | Vaccine consisting of desired antigen and other proteins
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| Susceptibility | Lack of resistance to a disease
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| Immunity | Ability to ward of disease
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| Innate Immunity | Defenses against any pathogens
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| Adaptive Immunity | Immunity, resistance to a specific pathogen
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