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30 Cards in this Set
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Horizontal transmission |
The route by which an infectious disease is transmitted directly from an infected human to a susceptible human |
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Infectious diseases |
Diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms |
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Roundworms |
A wormlike animal that is relatively round in cross section |
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Non-communicable |
Infectious diseases that are not transmitted directly by humans |
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disinfection |
Reducing the risk of infection or contamination |
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Pseudopodia |
Cell membrane extensions used for locomotion of phagocytosis |
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Bacilli |
Rod-shaped bacterial cells |
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Mycoses |
Diseases cause by fungi |
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Spirochetes |
Corkscrew shaped bacterial cells |
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Helminth |
A parasitic worm;a fluke; tapeworm or nematode |
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Gram stain |
The staining technique that permits the identification of bacteria |
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Binary fission |
Process in which bacteria reproduce by spilling in half |
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Infestations |
Infectious involving wormlike animals called helminths |
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Endotoxin |
A potent toxin from certain bacteria that causes life-threatening shock |
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Capsid |
Protein cost of viruses |
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Latent infection |
A condition caused when viruses insert themselves in cells and do not reproduce |
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Isolation |
Keeping an infected person on the hospital or staying at home in bed when suffering from a disease as a way of controlling the transmission of infectious diseases |
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Spirilla |
Spiral-shaped bacterial cells |
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Mycelia |
Filaments in fungi specialized for absorption of nutrients |
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Vibrios |
Comma-shaped bacterial cells |
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Cocci |
Spherical shaped bacterial cells |
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Endospores |
Structures produced by bacteria and formed to cope with harsh environmental conditions |
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Antibiotic resistance |
Resistance arising when bacteria adapt to antibiotics and the adaption becomes common in the bacterial population, rendering antibiotics ineffective |
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Pathogens |
Microorganism that causes disease |
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Flatworms |
A wormlike animal that has a flattened body |
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Contagious |
Disease transmitted from human to human |
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Nucleus acid analogues |
Antiviral medications |
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West Nile virus |
A flavivirus of African origin that can be spread to humans and other mammals via Mosquitos, causing encephalitis and flulike symptoms and some fatalities |
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Amoeboids |
A type of Protozoa that moves with pseudopodia |
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Flagellates |
A type of Protozoa that moves using whip like appendages called flagella |
