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Active Immunity
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antibodies produced in response to natural antigens (ex, infections) or artificial antigens (ex. vaccines).
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Passive Immunity
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Antibodies were produced by another source animal or human and transferred (ex. from a nursing mother)
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Systemic Infection
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Microorganisms spread to other parts of the body
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Subclinical Infection
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no symptoms
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Local Infection
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Infection in only a specific part of the body.
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Antigens
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markers that identify the type of cell and help the immune system determine whether the cell is foreign to the organism.
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Asepsis
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absence of disease causing microorganisms
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Bacteria
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most common microorganisms that cause disease.
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Bactericidal
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destroys bacteria
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Carrier
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person or animal that has a pathogenic microorganism living inside the body
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Disease
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process w/ distinctive signs and symptoms of infection
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Fungi
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microorganisms classified and either yeasts or molds
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Iatrogenic Infection
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infection directly caused by any diagnostic or therapeutic source
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Immunity
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resistance of the body to infection
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Infection
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Invasion and growth of microorganisms in a body tissue
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Inflammatory Response
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Local non-specific defense reaction of tissues when they are exposed to infection or injury.
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medical asepsis
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all practices used to confine a specific microorganism to a specific area
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surgical asepsis
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sterile technique; practice that keeps an object or area completely free of microorganisms and spores.
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nonspecific defenses
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defenses that protect the body against all microorganisms
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nosocomial infections
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infections that occur as a result of health care delivery in a health care setting.
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parasites
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microorganisms that live on other living organisms
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septicemia
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condition that exists when bacteria enter the blood stream and spread throughout all of the bodies systems
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specific defenses
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immune defenses; antibody-mediated and cell mediated defenses against identified foreign proteins such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other infectious agents.
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virulence
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microorganisms ability to produce disease.
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viruses
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microorganisms made primarily of substance called nucleic acid; the must enter living cells in order to reproduce.
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