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The chemical nature of endotoxin is that of a |
Lippolysacharide |
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The series of steps that used to connect an organism to a disease are known for |
Koch postulates |
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Adhesins are |
Often found at the tip pili |
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Microorganism that are regular found in or on the body, yet do not apparent harm are |
Norma flora |
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An example of genetic variation used in pathogen survival may be |
Changing in the pilus type |
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The type hypersensitivity expressed with lysing the lysing RBC |
Type II |
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IgE molecules involved in hypersensitivity reactions have become attetched |
Mast cells |
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The cell type responsible for type II hypersensitivity is the |
B cell |
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Delayed hypersensitivity is also known as ________ |
Type IV |
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If the immune system responds inadequately to antigenic stimulation |
Immununodefiency |
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If symptoms do not appear or too mild and go unnoticed they are called |
Subclinical or inapparent |
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A noticeable apparent impairment of body function is called |
Infectious disease |
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Initial disease |
primary disease |
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Opportunist pathogen |
Organisms that cause disease when body's defenses are down |
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Is a quantitative term referring to pathogen's disease causing ability |
Virulences |
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Disease course of stages |
Incubation, illness, convlesance |
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What is the time between introduction of organism to onset of symptoms? |
Incubation |
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Indivual experience symptoms |
Illness |
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Period of time of recuperation and recovery but still can be contiagous called |
Convalescene |
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Incubation- illness- convalescence- latency- reoccurrence is called |
Latent |
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Koch postulates establish cause of infectious disease by |
1.Microorganism must be present in every case 2.grown in pure culture 3. Innoculation of sample of culture into health animal must produce disease 4. Must be recovered from innocculated animal |
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Pathogens that induce non phagocytic cells to engulf them by injection of signaling molecules into cell is called |
Direct uptake |
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What pathogen is able to be endocytosis survive macrophages and escape at the base of the cell to avoid phagocytosis by cell to cell hiding |
Shigella |
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Cytomegalovirus makes a counterfiet MHC I to display on the surface of the cell is a type of |
Avoidance of host defenses |
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Steptolysin O from Streptococcus pyogenes that makes pores In cell membrane is called |
Exotoxins |
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Septic shock derives from |
Endotoxin |
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A disease symptom associated with a vigorous immune response that causes vasodilation which drops b/p caused by LPS in blood |
Septic shock or Endotoxic shock |
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A name given for a sensitized IgE mediated reaction widely disseminate through entire body |
Anaphylaxis |
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Excess of antigen many small immune complexes can cause inside blood vessel small clump is called |
Disseminated intravascular coagulation |
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A person not exposed to antigen has no circulating antibodies in blood serum to the antigen |
Seronegative |
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Amount of antibodies are found in the blood |
Titer |
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Draw blood and test for specific antibodies |
Serology |
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What antimicrobial drug is Folate inhibitors |
Sulfonamides (sulfa drug) : inhibition of metabolic pathways. |
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a drug that is Inhibitor of cell wall synthesis |
Vacomycin |
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Inhibits synthesis of mycolic acid |
Isoniazid |
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What drugs block viral uncoating |
Amantadine and rimantadine |
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Inhibit heme polymerizarion |
Quinolines |
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The rate is a number of cases of illness divided by population at risk. |
Morbidity |
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Reflects the number of new cases per specific time period |
Incidence |
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Total number of existing cases |
Prevalances |
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Inactivated toxins |
Toxoid |
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Protein from a pathogen identified as antigenic |
Protein subunit like to fight hep B |
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Polysaccharide vaccine are |
T inpendant antigen are from Hib conjugated to protein |
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Weakend strain of pathogen that replicates in recipient |
Attenuated vaccines treat typhoid fever. |