Resit-pathogenicity

Question 1

Gnotobiology

Answer 1

rising mammals under germ-free environments, or conditions with
controlled spectra and numbers of microorganisms.

Question 2

Why would u raise mammals in germ free conditions

Answer 2

• to control the environment in which a multicellular organism develops ;
• to use genetically modified model systems;
• to study the establishment and maintenance of the immune system
• to provide new insights on aetiologies of infectious diseases
  and potentially cancer.

Question 3

What is disease

Answer 3

Dysfunction of organs, cells or metabolic pathways in the body

Question 4

Health

Answer 4

optimal state of the body.

All organs and their functions are in the perfect conditions, as
they are supposed to be in accordance of genetics, physiology
and biochemistry of a given organism..

Question 5

Pathogenesis

Answer 5

is a set of actual mechanisms by which an
etiological factor causes a disease

Question 6

Parasitic association (parasitism)

Answer 6

one organism (a parasite) lives and benefits for the expense of another.

Question 7

Symbiotic association (symbiosis)

Answer 7

both organisms benefits from
each another

Question 8

Commensal association (commensalism

Answer 8

one organism benefits from another, without obvious harm for the last.

Question 9

Opportunistic pathogen

Answer 9

cause disease in hosts with a reduced defensive capacity
(for example, a decline of the immune system).