Disease Transmission Terms

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  • Created on: 13-01-21 16:14
The ability to pass from host to host and ability to survive outside the body
Transmissibility
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Ability to penetrate host defences
Infectivity
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A disease producing organism
Pathogen
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Ability of the pathogen to cause disease
Pathogenicity
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An inanimate object that can carry disease
Fomite
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A habitat in which the infectious agent normally lives, grows, and multiplies. 
Reservoir
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Host must be eaten by susceptible host.
Paratenic
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....... transmission = between individuals of the same generation
Horizontal
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....... transmission = for example, from Dam to offspring
Vertical
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....... carrier = Recovered from the clinical disease
Convalescent
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....... carrier = Been exposed to the infection, no clinical signs of disease
Healthy
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....... excretor = Can infect other animal at any time
Continuous
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....... excretor = Excrete organisms under stress
Intermittent
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Ability to penetrate host defences

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Infectivity

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A disease producing organism

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Ability of the pathogen to cause disease

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An inanimate object that can carry disease

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