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What is the route that a pathogen takes causative agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host?
Chain of infection
How a pathogen can be transmitted to another reservoir or host where it can live?
Mode of transmission
What type of infection originates within the body?
endogenous
What is a good organism?
Non-pathogenic organism
What is a protozoa?
Dysentery
What is a pathogen?
Causative agent
What is a way for a pathogen to enter a new host?
Portal of entry
What type of infection is acquired within a health care facility?
nonsocomial
What do all organisms need?
Moisture, dark area for growth, food
What is a type of bacteria?
Strep throat
Where can a pathogen find a home?
reservoir
What is a person likely to get an infection or disease?
Susceptible host
What type of infection occurs when the body’s defenses are weak?
opportunistic
What is all around us but we cannot see them?
microorganisms
What is a virus?
Chicken pox
What is an object contaminated with infectious material?
fomite
What is the absence of disease producing microorganisms or pathogens?
asepsis
What type of organism does not require oxygen to survive?
anaerobic
What organism lives on living matter or tissue?
parasites
What is a fungi?
Athlete’s foot
What is a way that a pathogen must escape from where it has been growing?
Portal of exit
What is the process that destroys all microorganisms, both pathogenic and nonpathogenic, including spores, and viruses?
sterilization
What type of organism requires oxygen to survive?
aerobic
saprophyte
What organism lives on dead matter or tissue?
What is a pathogen?
An organism that leaves their normal environment in the body and moves to other areas.