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Organism that can grow in the presence of atmospheric oxygen
30
Parasite
Aerobe
Antibiotic
Anaerobe
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Living organism that transfers an infective agent from one host to another
30
Prion
Parasite
Pathogen
Vector
25 questions
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Organism that can grow in the presence of atmospheric oxygen
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Living organism that transfers an infective agent from one host to another
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Resistance of a population to the spread of an infectious organism due to the immunity of a high proportion of the population
3
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Infection produced by a pathogenic agent that a patient acquires during hospitalization or treatment inside another healthcare facility
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Localized protective response to tissue injury or destruction. In acute form, it is characterized by pain, heat, redness, and swelling in the injured area
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Disease producing agent
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Rod-shaped bacterium
7
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Transmission of an infectious organism in which the organism is truly suspended in the air or travels a meter or more from the source to the host. Chicken pox, flu, measles, and polio are examples of diseases caused by airborne agents
8
30 sec
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Body of an organism that harbors another organism. This provides a microenvironment that supports the growth and reproduction of the parasitic organism
9
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First disease case in an epidemic within a population
10
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Infectious particle that is responsible for certain slow-acting diseases such as scrapie in sheep and goats, and Creutzfelt-Jakob disease in humans. These particles have a protein component, but scientists have not yet detected a nucleic acid component
11
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Transmission of an infectious pathogen between hosts by way of a vector
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Rigid, spiral-shaped bacteria
13
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Microorganisms that are normally associated with a particular tissue or organ
14
30 sec
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Sudden increase in occurrence of a disease above the normal level in a particular population
15
30 sec
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Retrovirus associated with the onset of AIDS
16
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Infected individual who is a potential source of infection for other people
17
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Transmission of an infectious agent by direct contact of the source or its reservoir with the host
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30 sec
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Bacterium that is roughly spherical in shape
19
30 sec
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Increase in the occurrence of a disease in a large and geographically widespread population. Sometimes called a worldwide epidemic
20
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Number of individuals who become ill with a particular disease within a susceptible population during a specified time period
21
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Invasion of a host by an agent, with subsequent establishment and multiplication of the agent. This may or may not lead to disease.
22
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Time during which the source of an infectious agent is disseminating the agent (is infectious)
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Group of organisms of the same species
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Organism that lives on or within another organism (the host). The relationship benefits this organism but harms the host
