Stages of an Infectious Disease
All of the stages of an infectious disease
What is attachment, spread within the body, multiplication, evasion of host defenses, exit (shedding from the body), transmission, and causing damage to host?
The definition of fomites.
What are inanimate objects that are not harmful themselves but can carry pathogenic organisms like bacteria?
These infectious agents are not considered living because they cannot reproduce on their own.
What are viruses?
An example of a pathogen evading from host defenses.
What is concealing themselves with host molecules, altering surface proteins to prevent recognition, disabling immune cells, and suppressing chemical signals? (anything works)
These drugs are used to kill and stop bacteria
What are antibiotics?
2 reasons why viruses are different from bacteria.
What is viruses are simpler, and cannot reporduce on their own? (they don't follow rules of living things
This stage occurs when a pathogen first sticks to host cells using special structures.
What is attachment?
These are single-celled organisms without a nucleus.
What are prokaryotes?
This method helps the immune system recognize viruses before infection.
What are vaccinations?
This stage allows pathogens to leave the body through coughing, sneezing, or bodily fluids.
What is exit (shedding from the body)
2 types of toxins secreted by bacteria.
What are endotoxins and exotoxins?
Characteristics of a virus
What is not having any organelles, containing DNA or RNA, and cause contagious diseases?
This stage is when the pathogen harms tissues and causes symptoms.
An example of bacteria.
What is Botulism (also used in Botox), and Yersinia Pestis (the black plague)
(anything works)
What is Chicken pox and Hepatitis B?