Infection

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  • Created on: 20-03-24 19:39
What is a microorganism?
Any organism too small to be seen by the naked eye
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What is a pathogen?
Microorganisms that cause disease
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Four stages of progression ( from point of view of microorganisms)
1: colonization
2: invasion
3:multiplication
4: spread
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Classes of infectious microorganisms?
Bacterial infection
Viral infection
Fungal infection
Parasitic& protozoal infection
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Viruses are?
Not cells, and are so small they have to be viewed with an electron microscope
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Viruses can’t?
Be killed by antibodies
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How do viruses cause harm?
By getting inside cells and using DNA to make more
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If pathogen enters the body?
Immune white blood cells help to defend by ingesting
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What is a pathogen?

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Microorganisms that cause disease

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Four stages of progression ( from point of view of microorganisms)

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Classes of infectious microorganisms?

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Viruses are?

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