Bacterial Villains
The type of toxin produced by ETEC and causes watery diarrhea
What are enterotoxins
The leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in children worldwide.
What is Rotavirus?
A place Cryptosporidium is commonly spread through.
What are swimming pools?
The type of immunity provides immediate, short-term protection.
What is passive immunity?
A bacterium that is commonly transmitted through undercooked poultry
What is Campylobacter jejuni?
People most likely to be infected with Rotavirus.
What are infant and young children
The infectious form of Cryptosporidium that spreads infection is called this.
What are oocysts?
This type of immunity is generated after exposure to an infection or vaccine.
What is active immunity?
Traveler’s diarrhea is often caused by this bacterium.
What is Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)?
Route Rotavirus spreads through.
What is the fecal-oral route?
This type of transmission occurs when a parasite spreads from animals to humans.
What is zoonotic transmission?
Vaccines train this part of the immune system to respond faster upon re-exposure.
What are memory cells?
The main mode of transmission for ETEC is through these contaminated sources.
What is food and water?
The habitat of rotavirus.
What are the environment and human intestines.
Two ways Cryptosporidium can be transmitted.
What are contaminated water and person-to-person spread?
Antibodies can activate this protein system that helps destroy bacteria and infected cells.
What is the complement system?
Campylobacter jejuni is found in these animal intestines.
What are poultry, cattle, and sheep?
2 common symptoms of Rotavirus
What are watery diarrhea and vomiting (fever, dehydration etc.)
The habitats (x2) of Cryptosporidium parvum.
What are animals (livestock, pets, wild animals) and contaminated water sources.
The immune process that helps macrophages engulf and eliminate pathogens
What is opsonization?