Pathogenic Microbiology Introduction (Exam I Material) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
questions with verified detailed answers ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Terms in this set (47) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Original
Greek word pathos - meaning
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suffering
French suffix – genique – meaning ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
producing
In the broadest sense, a pathogen is...
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anything that can cause disease ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
may also be referred to as:
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-infectious agent ||\\//||
-germ
Pathogenicity
, The potential to cause disease
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Qualitative
a bacteria is pathogenic or it is not
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Virulence
Measure of a pathogen's ability to infect or damage a host
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Quantitative
used for comparisons between pathogens or within a pathogenic species
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Pathogenicity depends on the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
microbial ecosystem ||\\//||
Opportunistic pathogens ||\\//||
can cause disease in immunocompromised hosts
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True/False: Non-pathogens can become pathogenic ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
questions with verified detailed answers ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Terms in this set (47) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Original
Greek word pathos - meaning
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suffering
French suffix – genique – meaning ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
producing
In the broadest sense, a pathogen is...
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anything that can cause disease ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
may also be referred to as:
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-infectious agent ||\\//||
-germ
Pathogenicity
, The potential to cause disease
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Qualitative
a bacteria is pathogenic or it is not
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Virulence
Measure of a pathogen's ability to infect or damage a host
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Quantitative
used for comparisons between pathogens or within a pathogenic species
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Pathogenicity depends on the ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
microbial ecosystem ||\\//||
Opportunistic pathogens ||\\//||
can cause disease in immunocompromised hosts
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True/False: Non-pathogens can become pathogenic ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
