Q: Explain Major portals of exit of infectious diseases.
A: Infectious diseases caused by pathogens including fungi, parasites, bacteria, and viruses. This may…
Q: List Koch's postulates and describe how this list supports the Germ Therory of Disease.
A: There are four postulates given by Robert Koch that allow the determination of causative microbial…
Q: A group of pathogens that consist mostly of nucleic acids and that lack cellular structure.
A: Nucleic acids is the main hereditary structure of an organism, it called genome. All pathogen have…
Q: What do you mean by contagious disease? use your own words to explain?
A: A disease can be defined as a disorder or deviation in the physical, physiological or any other…
Q: What are infectious diseases and means of transmission?
A: Introduction: Infectious illnesses are those that are caused by organisms such as bacteria, viruses,…
Q: Describe the differences between an Outbreak, Epidemic, and Pandemic. Define transmission of…
A: Microbes are small living organisms, such as bacteria. Most of them are harmless and even helpful to…
Q: Write a 200-word paragraph on how organism virulence affects pathogenicity. Describe the factors…
A: Virulence is primarily concerned with a pathogen's ability to cause disease, while pathogenicity is…
Q: Correlate arthropod-borne bacterial infection and disease severity with bacterial virulence factors
A: Arthropods are the organisms that have exoskeleton, segmented body and have paired joint appendages.…
Q: Define disease and identify common sources and modes of disease transmission
A: Germs or pathogens are one of the main causes of disease. It is also known as microorganisms. When…
Q: Identify the function of Center of Disease control and prevention
A: Several international agencies have been established worldwide to deal with national and…
Q: What is parasitism and its types?
A: Symbiosis : Symbiosis in an interaction between non identical biological species. This interaction…
Q: Describe the course of infection from contact with the pathogen to its exit from the host.
A: The colonization of tissues by pathogenic microorganisms or viruses is known as infection. This…
Q: A. Define the term pathogen. B. Using MRSA, NOROVIRUS, ATHLETES FOOT and MALARIA as examples,…
A: A. Define the term pathogen. B. Using MRSA, NOROVIRUS, ATHLETES FOOT and MALARIA as examples,…
Q: Define the following terms and give one example for each: (a) Commensalism (b) Parasitism (c)…
A: Commensalism- it is a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains…
Q: Compare direct, indirect, sandwich, and combination EIAs withrespect to their ability to identify…
A: Immunological techniques are employed to detect the possible antigen-antibody interactions between…
Q: a pathogen forms a compatible interaction with the host? true or False
A: Introduction In the broadest definition, a pathogen is any organism or agent that can cause…
Q: Describe the characteristics of infectious diseases, including the course of disease, duration of…
A: Infectious diseases are those that may transfer from one person to another person through direct…
Q: What is meant by an opportunistic pathogen?
A: A pathogen is a disease-causing organism. Microbes are found in abundance in the body. These…
Q: Describe the chain of transmission of communicable diseases and explain how infectious agents are…
A: Introduction : There Are Three Primary Sections To The Transmission Chain. A Human Being As A…
Q: Define the terms primary pathogen, opportunist, and virulence.
A: When a pathogen or microorganism enters the body of another organism (host) it is termed as…
Q: Infectious diseases may be contagious during? period of convalescence incubation period all…
A: Answer- The diseases can be categorized in two different groups that are infectious and…
Q: Describe the infectious disease process
A: The infection disease process depends on how far the pathogen is able to proliferate itself even…
Q: Describe the molecules or structures that facilitate pathogenadherence to host tissues.
A: The cell surface receptor or appendages that are known to favor the attachment of bacteria to the…
Q: Explain several ways that true pathogens differ from opportunistic pathogens.
A: Organisms which causes disease are referred to as pathogens. They are of five main types- Viruses,…
Q: An epidemic may be detected by observing
A: Endemic is used to describe diseases that spreads rapidly to a large number of people of a given…
Q: Which of the following terms describes a disease that is caused by pathogens? * acquired infectious…
A: infectious diseases are caused by pathogens,which include bacteria,fungi,protozoa,worms,viruses and…
Q: Reveal the weakest link in the chain of infection
A: BASIC INFORMATION INFECTIOUS AGENTS It is pathogens or the microorganisms which are responsible…
Q: Explain the relationship between the infection chain and transmission of infection ?
A: All elements of the infection chain must be present for an infection to occur. Transmission is a…
Q: Describe parasitology
A: A parasite may be an infectious agent that at the same time injures and derives sustenance from its…
Q: indicate that a. the pathogen remains on the skin b. the body is responding to an infection. c. a…
A: Introduction A pathogen is an organism that causes disease. Pathogens may spread disease once they…
Q: Model disease processes and explain virulence
A: Introduction: A disease model is an animal or a cell that has pathological processes the same or…
Q: pick two mechanism of disease and briefly describe them
A: The disease can be considered to be a disorder that results in improper function of the host…
Q: a. What are some of the sources for “new” infectious diseases?b. Comment on the sensational ways in…
A: Infectious disease is those which passed person to person by insects, secretions like cough and…
Q: Match the cells structure or chemicals with their role in the infection process
A: Above questions are all about immune system of body. A small description is given bellow to better…
Q: Select the patterns of indirect (vehicle) transmission of infectious disease. Check All That Apply…
A: Indirect contact transmission takes place at the time when there is no actual human-to-human…
Q: Define infectious dose, and explain its role in establishing infection.
A: Infections are a result of infectious doses. Organisms that spread these infections are known as…
Q: Name the 10 different pathogen groups in descending order according to size (from the largest to the…
A: Pathogens are microscopic organisms that are available everywhere. There have several kinds of…
Q: Differentiate between a microbe’s pathogenicity and its virulence.
A: Microbes are minute living organisms that can be found all around us but cannot be seen with the…
Q: What is major difference between an endemic disease and an epidemic?
A: Answer: EPIDEMIC : It is the spread of disease within a population , region and a community. ENDEMIC…
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- identify one type of pathogen or infectious agent. Describe ways to prevent the spread of the diseases this type of pathogen can cause and explain why these preventative measures are important.Discuss and explain the life cycle of the pathogen of the causative agent of black Sigatoka. Use a picture as an illustration.List and describe the four methods by which infection can be transferred from the source to the host