MT6312 LEC UNIT 3 Flashcards
Communicable diseases: infectious or noninfectious?
Infectious
Infectious agents include?
Bacteria
Fungi
Virus
Parasites
condition that results when a microbe can invade the body, multiply, and cause injury or disease.
Infection
Some pathogenic microbes cause infections that are communicable
“Communicable Pathogens”
microbe that can cause disease
“True Pathogen”
organisms that can become pathogenic once host immunity is low/is present in body location that is unusual for the microbe to be present
“Opportunistic Pathogen”
Microbe that is normally present in body locations; not usually causing infection
Microbiota/Normal Flora
In-charge with the investigation and control of various diseases, especially those that are communicable and have epidemic potential
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an agency of?
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Robert Koch’s Postulates are?
The microorganism or other pathogen must bepresent in all cases of the disease
The pathogen can be isolated from the diseased host andgrown in pure culture
The pathogen from the pure culture mustcause the disease when inoculated into a healthy, susceptible laboratory animal
The pathogen must bereisolatedfrom the new host andshown to be the sameas the originally inoculated pathogen
Epidemiologic triad consists of?
Host
Agent
Environment
Vector (MIDDLE)
Six key components of links in the chain of infection?
infectious agent, a reservoir, an exit pathway, a means of transmission, an entry pathway, and a susceptible host.
place where the pathogen lives and multiplies.
Reservoir
method an infectious agent uses to travel from a reservoir to a susceptible individual.
MOT
Examples of MOTs?
Airborne, contact, droplet, vector, and vehicle
Body part where pathogen can lodge/enter the host
Entry pathway
Person with low/altered immunity that receives the pathogen
. Susceptible Host
way an infectious agent is able to leave a reservoir host.
Exit pathway
exposure of infected body fluids such as blood or saliva
Direct contact
pathogens remain on surfaces that were in contact with an infected person
Indirect contact
infectious agents are found in contaminated food and water that are ingested
Food and water borne
pathogens are spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes
Airborne
infectious agents are usually transmitted through a bite of an infected insect carrying the infective agents of the organisms
Vector-borne
Malaria means?
bad air