Ch11

Question 1

Infection

Answer 1

microbes get passed host defense, into the tissue and multiply

Question 2

Disease

Answer 2

effects of infection

Question 3

Infectious Disease

Answer 3

a pathogenic state caused directly by microorganism

Question 4

Mutualism

Answer 4

both host and microbe benefit

Question 5

Commensalism

Answer 5

microbe benefits and host is unaffected

Question 6

Parasitism

Answer 6

microbe benefits, host is harmed

Question 7

Pathogen

Answer 7

a microbe that is parasitic and results in infection and disease

Question 8

Acute Disease

Answer 8

develop rapidly, cause severe symptoms, and fade quickly

Question 9

Chronic Disease

Answer 9

linger for long periods and slower to develop and recede

Question 10

Exogenous Infection

Answer 10

pathogen breaches host external defense

Question 11

Endogenous Inefction

Answer 11

when normal micro enter sterile tissue

Question 12

Primary infection

Answer 12

occur in healthy bodies

Question 13

Secondary infection

Answer 13

occur in weakened body by a primary infection

Question 14

Virulence

Answer 14

ability for microbe to establish and cause damage in a host

Question 15

Virulence Factor

Answer 15

the characteristics/structure of the microbe that contributes to its ability to establish and cause damage in host

Question 16

Infectious ID

Answer 16

needed to cause infection

Question 17

Disease progression

Answer 17

Incubation period
Prodromal Phase
Acute Period
Period of decline
Period of Convalescence

Question 18

Exotoxins

Answer 18

proteins secreted

Question 19

Endotoxins

Answer 19

released upon gram negative bacteria

Question 20

Antitoxins

Answer 20

produced by host body and neutralize toxins

Question 21

Sign

Answer 21

objective evidence of disease noted by an observer

Question 22

Syndrome

Answer 22

disease signs and symptoms

Question 22

Symptom

Answer 22

subjective evidence of disease by patient

Question 23

Reservior

Answer 23

natural habitat of pathogen ex: human, animal, water, soil, and plants

Question 24

Transmitter

Answer 24

person/object infection came from

Question 25

Carrier

Answer 25

pass the pathogen but show no signs of symptoms

Question 26

Biological Vector

Answer 26

site where pathogen multiply or complete its life cycle

Question 27

Mechanical Vector

Answer 27

Moves the pathogen

Question 28

Zoonosis

Answer 28

infection from animals passed to humans

Question 29

Communicable

Answer 29

infected host can pass the infection to another host and it establishes and infection in the new host

Question 30

Contagious

Answer 30

disease that is highly communicable

Question 31

Noncommunicable

Answer 31

does not transmit from host to host

Question 32

Nosocomial Infections

Answer 32

developed during hospital stay

Question 33

Epidemiology

Answer 33

study of all disease

Question 34

Prevelance

Answer 34

total number of existing cases in a given popullation

Question 35

Incidence

Answer 35

number of new cases over certain time period

Question 36

Mortality Rate

Answer 36

total number of deaths

Question 37

Morbidity Rate

Answer 37

rate of person infection

Question 38

Endemic

Answer 38

disease in a geographic area

Question 39

Epidemic

Answer 39

disease in a region

Question 40

Outbreak

Answer 40

a more contained epidemic

Question 41

Pandemic

Answer 41

Worldwide epidemic