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Special agent must be associated with every case of the disease, the agent must be isolated from a disease host and
grown in culture, when culture grown agent is introduced into a healthy susceptible host and host must cause the
same disease, the agent must again be isolated from the infected experiment host ANS Koch's Postulates
A pathological condition of the body parts or tissues characterized by an identifiable group of signs and symptoms
ANS disease
Disease caused by an infectious agent such as a bacterium, virus, protozoan, or fungus, that can be passed on to
others. ANS infectious disease
Occurs when an infectious agent enters the body and begins to reproduce, may or may not lead to disease ANS
infection
An infectious agent that causes disease ANS Pathogen
An organism infected by another organism ANS host
the relative ability of an agent to cause rapid and severe disease in a host ANS Virulence
The #1 killer amongst elderly people with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ANS infectious
disease-status
1. Through air, 2. Contaminated food or water, 3. Body fluids, 4. Direct contact with contaminated objects, 5.
Animal vectors-insects, birds, bats ANS Agents that cause infectious disease can be transmitted in what ways
Deliver pathogens to us, insects, birds, bats ANS Zooanotic vectors
Infection not causing a disease ANS Colonization
True ANS True or False: A virus is smaller than bacteria
, 1. Poison or toxins destroy cells and tissue, 2. Invasion and destruction of host cells, 3. Triggering responses from
the hosts immune system leading to disease signs and Symptoms, 4. Derangement of normal physiological functions
of organs or organelles ANS How Infectious Agents cause disease
Stays on surfaces for 2 weeks and can cause liver cancer ANS Hep B
Droplits ANS TB
incubation, prodromal, clinical, decline, recovery phase ANS phases of infectious disease
time between infection and appearance of signs and symptoms ANS incubation period
mild, nonspecific symptoms that signal onset of some diseases ANS prodromal phase
A person experiences typical signs and symptoms of disease. *you are sick ANS Clinical phase
Subsidence of symptoms-symptoms declining: can still infect ANS decline phase
Symptoms have disappeared, tissues heal, and the body regains strength-tissue healing ANS Recovery phase
Develops and runs its course quickly (common cold-viral) ANS Classification of infectious disease- Acute
develops more slowly and is usually less severe, may persist for long, indefinite period of time ANS
Classification of infectious disease- Chronic
Infection that persist for a long time with no progress or recovery ANS indolent infection
Characterized by period of no symptoms b/w outbreaks of illness, cause acute phase then gets reactivated ANS
Latent infection
Confined to a specific area of the body: contact derm ANS Local infection
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