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Microbe Virulence and Human Resistance chapter 24

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Relative power and degree of pathogenicity possessed by organisms to produce disease   virulence  
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condition characterized by the multiplication of bacteria in the blood and commonly known as blood poisoning   Septicemia  
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a foreign substance that stimulates the formation of antibodies that interact specifically with it   antigen  
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a living organism or an object that is capable of transmitting infections by carrying the disease agent on its external body part or surface   Mechanical vector  
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causative agent of leptospirosis   Leptospira  
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bacterial toxin confined within the body of a bacterium freed only when the bacterium is broken down; found only in gram negative bacteria   endotoxin  
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the natural habitat of a disease- causing organism   reservoir  
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causative agent of tetanus   Clostridium tetani  
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an organism that exists as part of the normal flora but may become pathogenic under certain conditions   opportunists  
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the organism from which a microorganism obtains its nourishment   host  
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infection caused by a different organism that the one causing the primary infection   secondary infection  
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originating outside the body, an organ, or a part of the body;   exogenous infection  
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causative agent of typhus fever   Rickettsia typhi  
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glycoprotein substances developed in response to and interacting specifically with an antigen   antibodies  
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one in which organisms are originally confined to one area but enter the blood or lymph vessel and spread to other parts of the body   focal infection  
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a poisonous substance of plant, animal, bacterial, or fungal origin   toxins  
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causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever   Rickettsia ricketsii  
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an arthropod in which the disease- causing organism multiplies or develops within the arthropod prior to becoming infective for a susceptible individual   biological vector  
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causative agent of plague   Yersima pestis  
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causative agent of food poisoning   Staphylococcus aureus  
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causative agent of botulism   Clostridium botulinum  
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causative agent of diphtheria   Corynebacterium diphtheriae  
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causative agent of pertussis   Bordetella pertussis  
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infection caused by two or more organisms   mixed infection  
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causative agent of parrot fever   Chlamydia psittaci  
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causative agent of Lyme disease   Borrelia burgdorferi  
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causative agent of anthrax   Bacillus anthracis  
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reducing or abolishing pathogenicity   attenuation dilution or weakening of the virulence of a microorganism  
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an original infection from which a second one originates   original infection  
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the state of producing or being able to produce pathological changes and disease   pathogenicity  
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a microorganism capable of producing disease   pathogen  
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microorganisms virulent enough to resist pharmaceuticals designed to reduce disease is reffered to as   drug- fast  
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infection caused by germs lodging and multiplying at one point in a tissue and remaining in that tissue   local infection  
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a toxin, generally a protein, produced by a microorganism and excreted into its surrounding medium   exotoxin  
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the act of introducing disease germs or infectious material into an area or substance is known as   contamination  
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causative agent of tularemia   Francisella tularensis  
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causative agent of cholera   Vibrio cholerae  
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the distribution throughout the body of poisonous products of bacteria growing in a focal or local site,producing generalized symptoms   toxemia  
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causative agent of Q fever   Coxiella burnetti  
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an infection that becomes systemic   general infection  
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guidelines designed to protect workers with occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens   Universal precautions  
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any inanimate object to which infectious material adheres and can be transmitted   indirect contact  
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an organism capable of producing disease   Pathogen  
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any inanimate objects which infectious material adheres and can be transmitted   Fomite ex: table scaples...  
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relatives powers and degree of pathogenicity possesed by organisms to produce disease   virulence  
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a marker on every cell icluding invading pathogens by which the body recognizes unknown cells or disese- causing organisms   Antigen  
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the organism from which a parasite obtains its nourishment   host  
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a chemical enzyme in the body that uses water to break down the peptidoglycan layer in prokaryatic pathogens   Lysozyme  
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the state or conditon in which the body or part of the body is invaded by a pathogenic agent that , under favorable conditions multiplies and produce injurious effects   infection  
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infection caused by bacteria that are normally nonpathogenic and that normally inhabit the digestive tract   endogenous infection  
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a carrier usually an insect or other arthropod , that transmits the the causative organisms of disease from infected individuals   vector  
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portal of exit and entry allow the spread of pathogens causing tetanus, malaria african sleeping sickkness , typhoid fever turberculosis, rabies dysentry typus fever and butonic plague   skin and mucous membranes  
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The four factors that influence the occurence of disease   1) The virulence of the organisms 2)The portal of entry of the pathogen 3)the number of organisms present 4) the resistance of the host  
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organism that are noriginally confined to one area but enter the blood or lymph vessels and spred to other pars of the body   Focal infection  
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a general infection its also known as   systemic infection ex: Measles is a systemic infection  
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an acute infection is also known as   primary infection  
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the presence of VIRUSES in the blood   Viremia  
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the 3 mecanism of direct transmission of disease   1) physical contact 2)droplet infection 3)congenital transmission  
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Mode of indirect transmissiom of disease   food, milk, fomites, water , soil,  
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disease that are communicable from animals   Zoonoses  
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Glycoprotein substance developed in response to, and interacting specifically with an antigen. Also known as immunoglobulin   antibody  
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A method of asexual reproduction in bacteria in which the cell splits into two parts, each of which develops into a complete individual. (simple transverse division   binary fission  
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An arthropod vector in which the disease causing organism multiplies or develops within the arthropod prior to becoming infective for a susceptible individual.   biological vector  
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five portals of entries and exit which pathogens may enter or exit the body   1)the skin and mucous membranes 2)the respiratory tract 3)the digestive tract 4) the genitourinary tract 5) placenta  
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one of the most important and effective barriere against infection   skin  
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the process by which the epithelial layer of the skin continously dies and are replaced with new cells   necrobiosis mechanichal defense of the skin  
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Innate immunity is also known as   natural immunity  
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natural active immunity is the result   developing a disease and recovering from it  
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natural passive immunity is the result   of placental transfert of antibodies in the uterus ex mother to the child from breast milk  
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artificial passive immunity   the injection of antibodies in the forms of immune serums  
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artificial active immunity   result of receiving vaccination  
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the sum total of body mechanisms   resistance  
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the skin as a mechanical defense system known as   Necrobiosis  
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to remove foreign that matter that enter the body, the body initiates a physiologycal response known as   inflammation  
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chemicals capable of breaking down forein cells and debris   phagocytes  
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the cardinal signs and symptoms of inflammation   heat, swelling pain redness , loss of function  
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A disease that occurs continuously in a particular region but has low mortality   Epidemic  
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The state or condition in which the body or a part of it is invaded by pathogenic agents, that under favorable conditions, multiplies and produces injurious effects   Infection  
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A disease affecting the majority of the population of a large region or one that is epidemic at the same time in many different parts of the world   Pandemic  
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