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Etiology
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Cause and Progression of a disease
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Pathogen
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Any disease causing organism
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Portal of Entry
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The way into the body
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Virulence
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The "stregnth" of the pathogen. ebola vc common cold
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Dose
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The amount of a pathogen needed to make you sick
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Predisposition
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Factors that increase/decrease the chance of an infection
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Immunity
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Resistance to a specific disease
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Antigen
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Any substance that causes the production of antibodies
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Pathogenisis
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the step by step development of a disease
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complement
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Type of blood protein in the blood that helps bind antibodies to antigens
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