Disease
Epidemiology
Pathogenicity
Nonspecific Defenses
Specific Defenses
100

A disease is an...

abnormal state in which (part or all of) the body is not functioning normally 

100

Etiology is...

The study of the cause of disease

100

Pathogenicity is...

The ability to cause disease 

100

Innate Immunity is...

Refers to all body defenses that protect the body against ANY kind of pathogen 

100

Adaptive Immunity is...

immunity from a specific antibody and lymphocyte response to a specific antigen 

200
Focal infection 

a systemic infection that began as a local infection

200

Epidemiology is...

The study of the transmission, incidence, and frequency of a disease. 

200

Carries virulence factors like toxin, R factor(resistance), enzymes... 

Plasmids 

200

Ciliary escalator...

microbes become trapped in mucus and are transported away from the lungs 

200

Humoral Immunity involves...

Ab(antibodies) produced by B cells 

300

A subacute disease is...

Development and duration between acute and chronic

300

Two predisposing factors could be....

Short urethra in women, inherited trait (sickle cell), weather, fatigue, age, lifestyle, or chemotherapy  

300

Pathogens exit in...

secretions, excretions, and tissue that has been shed 

300

Basophils...

release histamine causing inflammation and allergic responses 

300

The 2 major types of T-cells are... 

Helper T cells and Cytotoxic T cells 

400

The three methods of disease transmission

1. Contact Transmission 

2. Vehicle Transmission 

3.Vector Transmission

400

Sporadic diseases occur...

occasionally in a population. 

400

Pathogen cause direct damage by...

1. Penetration itself causes damages 

2. Metabolizes in and ruptures/lysis host cell 

3. Produces toxin 

4. Produces waste 

400

The mechanisms of Phagocytosis are... 

1. Chemotaxis (chemical attraction of phagocyte to microorganisms) 

2. Adherence (attachment of phagocytes' membrane to surface of microorganism) 

3.Ingestion (phagocytes pseudopod extending around microorganism, uniting, and creating phagosome) 

4.Digestion (fusion of phagosome and lysosome creating phagolysosome digesting microbe and leaving residual body) 

5. Discharge of waste (removal of residual body by exocytosis) 

400

The first Ab produced in response to infection...

IgM

500

The Periods of Disease are...

1. Incubation (time between initial infection and first appearance of signs/symptoms) 

2. Prodromal (mild signs/symptoms) 

3.Period of Illness (all signs/symptoms disease most acute) 

4.Period of Decline (decrease in signs/symptoms ;vulnerable to secondary infection) 

5. Period of Convalescence(returns to pre-disease state)  

500

The process of Koch's postulates... 

1. Pathogen isolated from diseased host grown in pure culture, and identified(documented) 

2. Pathogen from pure culture must reproduce when inoculated into healthy, susceptible laboratory animal (same signs/symptoms) 

3.Pathogen isolated from inoculated animal, grown in pure culture & must be shown to be original organism 

4. Pathogen must be present in every case of disease 


500

The stages of pathogenicity are... 

1. gain access to host (exposure/portal of entry) 

2.Adhere to host tissue 

3. Penetrate/evade host's defenses 

4. Damage host tissue 

500

The three stages of Inflammation are...

1. Vasodilation & Increased permeability 

2.Phagocytic Migration/Margination/Emigration

3.Tissue repair 

500

The Four types of immunity are...

1.Naturally Acquired Active Immunity

2.Naturally Acquired Passive Immunity

3.Artifically Acquired Active Immunity

4.Artifically Acquired Passive Immunity