Vocab 1
An organism that lives on or off another organism, using it as a food source
What is a Parasite
Global epidemic
What is Pandemic
Disease with rapid onset and/or, a short course
What is Acute
Red
What is Rhod-
Blue
What is Cyan-
An organism, often an invertebrate arthropod (such as a flea or tick) that transmits a pathogen from one host to another
What is a vector
An infection or infectious disease that may be transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans
What is zoonotic diseases
Disease
What is pathy-
Rod, Stick
-Bacill-
Berry
-Cocc-
A disease that is widespread in a given population
What is Endemic
Disease that is long-lasting or recurrent
What is chronic
Additional dose of a vaccine needed periodically to boost the immune system
What is Booster
Slime
What is Myxo-
Brown
What is Phae-
A disease that is transmitted from one person to another by direct contact or with some secretion of, or object touched by, an infected person
What is a contagious disease
The study of the causes, distribution and control of diseases
What is Epidemiology
an infection occurring in a patient which is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facility
What is nosocomial infection
Producing
What is -gen
Cow
What is vacc-
A group of bacteria that have a cell wall WITH an outer layer and contains LESS peptidoglycan.
What is gram-negative bacteria
Virus that infects a bacterium
What is baceriophage
The ratio of total deaths to total population in a specified community or area over a specificed period of time
What is mortality rate
Animal
What is Zo-
Salt
What is halo-