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13 Cards in this Set
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Host |
Organism that is affected by other organisms (e.g.parasites) |
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Pathogens |
Disease-causing organisms |
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Pandemic |
Worldwide disease |
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Mortality |
To do with death ;mortality rate (e.g. Number of deaths per 1000 from disease) |
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Endemic |
A pathogen/disease common in a population but at a low level |
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Outbreak |
A sudden increase in the incidence of the disease in the population |
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Infectious |
An agent that can be transmitted from one organism to another |
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Contagious |
Able to be transferred by direct contact |
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Non-infectious |
An agent that cannot be transmitted from one organism to another |
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Vector |
An agent that transfers something else,such as a pathogen, from one location to another; in genetic engineering, A plasmid used to transfer DNA sequences from one organism to another |
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Communicable |
Able to be communicated from one organism to another |
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Susceptibility |
Describes the level of response by an organism to a pathogen (e.g. It's resistance) |
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Resistance |
Describes the extent to which an organism is or is not affected by an agent such as a pathogen or chemical toxin |
