LESSON 1 & 2

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the implantation and successful replication of an organism in the tissue of the host

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infection

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individual who harbors the organism

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carrier

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an illness caused by an infectious agent that are transmitted directly or indirectly to a well person through an agency, and a vector or an inanimate object

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communicable diseases

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disease that is easily transmitted from one person to another through direct or indirect contact

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contagious disease

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transmitted not only by ordinary contact but requires inoculation of the organism

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imfectious disease

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any person or animal who is close association with an infected person, animal etc

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contact

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destruction of pathogenic microorganism outside the body

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disinfection

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method of disinfection done immediately

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concurrent

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applied when the patient is no longer the source of infection

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terminal

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place where an organism lives or where an organism is usually found

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habitat

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a person, animal which a parasite depends for its survival

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host

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separation from one person of an individual suffering from a communicable disease

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isolation

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limitation of freedom of movement of persons or animals which have been expose to communicable disease

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quarantine

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composed of one or more species of animal or plant which an infectious agent lives and multiplies for survival and reproduce itself

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reservoir

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the act of watching

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surveillances

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types of infections

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localized and systemic

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infection is confined to certain body part only

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localized

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infection spread to the entire body parts

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systemic

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incidences of infection

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sporadic dz
epidemic dz
pandemic
endemic dz

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occur occasionally and irregularly with no specific pattern

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sporadic dz

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occur in greater number than what is expected in a specific area over a specific time; outbreak

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epidemic dz

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affects several countries or continents; global oubreak

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pandemic

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those that are present in a population or community at times

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endemic dz

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is any microbe capable of producing a disease; source of infection

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causative agent

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are simple, one-celled microbes with double cell membranes that protect them from harm

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bacteria

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is a bacterium with flexible, slender, undulating, spiral rods that possess cell wall

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spirochete

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3 forms of spirochete

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treponema leptospira borrelia

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smallest known microbes; they cannot replicate independently in the host's cells.

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viruses

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small, gram negative bacteria-like microbesa that can induce life threatening infections; transmitted through the bite of arthropod

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rickettsia

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smaller than rickettsia but larger than a virus; cause of infection of the urethra, bladder, fallopian tubes, and prostate gland

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chlamydiae

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are found almost everywhere on earth; beneficial in cheese, yogurt, beer, wine, certain drugs

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fungi

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larger than bacteria; simplest single-celled organisms of the animal kingdom

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protozoan

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absorb nutients from the body of the host

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parasitic protozoa

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live at the expense of others and they dont usually kill their host but take only the nutients they need

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parasites

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refers to the environment and objects on which on organism survives and multiplies

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reservoir of infection

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carrier is a person who is incubating the illness

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incubatory

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carrier is a person who is at the recovery stage of illness but continues to shed the pathogenic organism

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convalescent

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carrier is a person who ocassionally sheds the pathogenic organism

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intermittent

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carrier is a person who always has the infectious organism in his/her system

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chronic or sustained

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is the path or way in which the organism leaves the reservoir; where the organism grows

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portal of exit

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is the means by which the infectious agent passes through from the portal of exit of the reservoir to the susceptible host

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mode of the transmission

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4 models by which the infectious agents can be transmitted

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contact transmission air borne tran. vehicle tran. vector tran.

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most common mode of transmission

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contact transmission

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refers to a person to person transfer of organism

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direct contact

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occurs when the susceptible person comes in contact with a contaminated object

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indirect contact

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transmission through contact with respiratory secretions when the infected person coughs

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droplet spread

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occur when fine microbial particles or dust particles containing microbes remain suspended in the air for a prolonged period

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air bone transmission

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is the transmission of infectious disease through articles or substances

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vehicle transmission

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occurs when intermediate carriers such as fleas, flies, and mosquitos tranfers microbes to another living organism

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vector-borne transmission

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venue where the organism gains entrance into the susceptible host

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portal of entry

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the human body has many defenses against the entry and multiplication of the organis; when the defenses are good, no infection will take place

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susceptible host