Assignment 1 - Infection

Question 1

What are the 4 major ports of entry

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Question 2

what is meant by penetration port of entry with examples

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Question 3

what is meant by direct contact port of entry with examples

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Question 4

what is meant by injection port of entry with examples

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Question 5

what is meant by inhalation port of entry with examples

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Question 6

what are the stages of the typical disease course

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Question 7

what is the incubation period

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Question 8

what is the prodromal stage

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Question 9

what is the acute stage

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Question 10

what is the convalescent period

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Question 11

what is the resolution

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Question 12

what is is the premises behind death resulting from infection

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Question 13

what is the premises behind chronic infection

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Question 14

what are the 3 diagnostic techniques for infection

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Question 15

explain culture

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Question 16

explain serology

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Question 17

explain DNA & RNA sequencing

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Question 18

explain local vs. systemic manifestations of infection

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Question 19

what are the 4 basic mechanisms of antibiotic action

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Question 20

explain how bacteria interfere with bacteria cell wall

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Question 21

explain how bacteria inhibit protein synthesis

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Question 22

explain how bacteria interrupt nucleic acid synthesis

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Question 23

explain the bacteria cell life

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Question 24

what are the targets of antiviral drugs

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Question 25

what is a host

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Question 26

what is a pathogen

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Question 27

what is an infection

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Question 28

what is a microbe

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Question 29

what is a bacterium

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Question 30

what is a virus

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Question 31

what is a prion

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Question 32

what is a fungus

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Question 33

what is a parasite

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Question 34

what is a toxin

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Question 35

what is a pyrogen

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Question 36

what is normal flora

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Question 37

what are opportunistic microbes/ infections

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Question 38

what are portal of entries

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Question 39

what are mode of microbial action

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Question 40

what is transmission

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Question 41

what is a nosocomial infection

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Question 42

what is the incubation period

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Question 43

what is a vector

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Question 44

what is a carrier

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Question 45

what is carrier state

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Question 46

what is a reservoir

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Question 47

what is host pathogen interaction

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Question 48

what is microbial antagonism

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