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Microbiology

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This is the study of all diseases and disease patterns in populations   epidemiology  
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These people collect and put together data about sources of disease and risk factors   Epidemiologists  
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These disease detectives design infection control strategies, and prevent, or predict spread of disease   Epidemiologists  
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These are transmitted from one host to another   Communicable diseases  
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Communicable diseases are what type of diseases?   CONTAGIOUS  
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Measles, colds, influenza, pneumonia, and strep throat are types of _______ diseases:   communicable (contagious) diseases  
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Transmission of diseases or infections is determined by interactions between these factors:   environment, pathogen, and host  
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What do antimicrobial medications do?   kill or inhibit pathogens  
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What do vaccines do to control transmission?   increase host resistance to infection by pathogen  
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These do not spread from host to host:   non-communicable diseases  
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______________ most often arise from an individual's normal "microbiota" (_______) or the environment:   Microorganisms, microflora  
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Clostridium tetanus is a _________ disease and is also the cause of _______:   non-communicable, tetanus  
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Epidemiologists are less concerned with the absolute number of cases than the.....:   rate of infections  
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This is the number of new cases/time/population; the measure of the risk of an individual contracting a disease:   incidence rate  
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This is the number of cases at any time for a specific period of time in a given population; includes old/new cases and duration old disease:   prevalence  
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Both incidence and prevalence are expressed as cases per ________ people   100, 000  
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This is the incidence of disease in the population at risk   morbidity  
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This is the overall death rate in the population:   mortality  
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In _______ countries, mortality is most often associated with non-communicable diseases such as cancer or a heart attack:   developed  
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Major cause of death due to infection occurs in ________ countries   developing  
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These are constantly present in a population:   endemic diseases  
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The opposite of endemic diseases is:   sporadic diseases (spreading)  
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The common cold and measles are examples of these types of diseases:   endemic  
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This is a greater number of cases of infection in a large area:   epidemic  
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This is a group of cases at a specific time and in a specific population in a small area:   outbreak  
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This is a global epidemic:   pandemic  
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AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Influenza are types of:   pandemics  
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These are examples of reservoirs for infections:   human, animal (non-human), and environmental  
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These are an obvious source of pathogens:   human symptomatic reservoirs  
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These are more difficult to identify, carriers may not realize that they are infected and can cause spread of infection to others:   human asymptomatic reservoirs  
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This is an example of an asymptomatic carrier of Typhoid Fever:   Typhoid Mary  
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Salmonella typhi is also known as:   Typhoid Fever  
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These primarily exist in animals, but can be transmitted to humans:   Zoonoses (zoonotic diseases)  
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The plague and rabies are examples of these diseases:   zoonotic  
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These are difficult or impossible to eliminate. Examples are foods, water, soil, and microorganisms that are airborne:   environmental reservoirs  
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This transmission is from pregnant woman to fetus/mother to infant during childbirth or breast feeding:   vertical transmission (womb to baby)  
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This transmission is person to person (host to host) via air, physical contact, ingestion of food or water, or vector:   Horizontal transmission (someone sneezes on you)  
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These are living organisms that can carry pathogen but do not acquire the infection per se:   vectors  
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This is the ability of a pathogen to cause disease   virulence  
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These bind to mucosal epithelial cells:   Neisseria gonorrhoeae  
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These adhere to intestinal epithelial cells:   shigella species  
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This is protected by a capsule:   streptococcus pneumoniae  
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This survives within activated macrophages:   mycobacterium tuberculosis  
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This produces a protein toxin:   E. coli O157:H7  
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This produces an enzyme that destroys cell membranes   Clostridium perfringens  
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This is the minimum number of pathogens required to establish an infection:   The Infective Dose  
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This influences the extent of spread of the infection:   incubation period  
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This is previous exposure (infection); immunization via vaccine:   Immunity to Pathogen  
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This protects non-immune individuals in a population; >80% immunity typically sufficient for protection:   Herd immunity  
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________________ (genetic changes in pathogen) can overcome immunity   antigenic variation (avian influenza)  
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____________ women are more susceptible to listeriosis:   pregnant  
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