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characteristics of infectious disease - Correct Answer -disease -infection -signs and symptoms -syndrome -signs and symptoms help direct towards diagnosis -some patients are asymptomatic/subclinical = only signs can be observed thru correct testing *ex: patient w/herpes and no symptoms ...

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MICRO UTA EXAM 4 QUESTIONS WITH QUALITY
SOLUTIONS |CORRECTLY ANSWERED
characteristics of infectious disease - Correct Answer -disease

-infection

-signs and symptoms

-syndrome

-signs and symptoms help direct towards diagnosis

-some patients are asymptomatic/subclinical = only signs can be observed thru correct testing

*ex: patient w/herpes and no symptoms



disease - Correct Answer -a condition where normal structure and/or function are damaged or impaired



infection - Correct Answer -invasion of pathogen or parasite that lead to disease

-evidence for infection comes from signs and symptoms



signs - Correct Answer -things that can be directly measured by clinician

-ex blood cell counts



symptoms - Correct Answer -things felt by patient that cannot be clinically measured

-ex nausea



syndrome - Correct Answer -groups of signs and symptoms that help indicate a particular disease



classification of disease - Correct Answer -WHO's international classification of diseases (IDC) is used
globally to classify and monitor diseases

-diseases can be: infectious, communicable, iatrogenic, nosocomial, zoonotic, non-communicable, and
non-infectious

, infectious disease - Correct Answer -disease caused by direct effect of a pathogen



communicable disease - Correct Answer -capable of spreading person-to-person (contagious - easily
spead)



iatrogenic disease - Correct Answer -disease acquired as result of medical procedure



nosocomial disease - Correct Answer -disease acquired from a hospital environment



zoonotic disease - Correct Answer -disease acquired from an animal



non-communicable disease - Correct Answer -disease obtained from non-living thing such as soil or
contaminated object



non-infectious disease - Correct Answer -disease not caused by pathogen



periods/stages of disease - Correct Answer -infectious disease follow 5 stages

1. incubation

2. prodromal

3. illness

4. decline

5. convalescence



incubation stage of disease - Correct Answer -initial entry of pathogen

-replication begins



prodromal stage of disease - Correct Answer -replication continues

-host shows signs and symptoms

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