Infection

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  • Created on: 20-03-24 20:01
An organism too small to be seen by the naked eye
microorganism
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Microorganisms that cause disease
Pathogens
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The first stage of infection progression
Colonisation
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A life threatening reaction to an infection
Sepsis
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The third stage of infection progression
Multiplication
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The first stage of the infectious disease process
Incubation
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Small, single celled organisms that can cause infection
Bacteria
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A response from the body's immune system, usually caused by an infection
Fever
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The name for the rise in body temperature above normal
Pyrexia
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The body's thermostat
Hypothalamus
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A class of infectious microorganisms
Viral infection
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Bacteria being transported in the blood due to failure of body's defence mechanisms to infect other organs
Bacteremia
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Simple organism that lacks the green pigment chlorophyll
Fungus
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Any living thing that lives in or on another living organism
Parasite
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Microorganisms that cause disease

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Pathogens

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The first stage of infection progression

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A life threatening reaction to an infection

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The third stage of infection progression

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