Infectious Disease Process

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Which infectious disease has an incubation period of 1-2 days?
The flu
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How long is the incubation period of chicken pox?
13-17 days
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What is the second stage of the infectious disease process?
Prodromal stage
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Why is there no symptoms during the incubation period?
The microorganism has entered the individual, undergone colonization and began multiplying but there are insufficient numbers to cause symptoms
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What is the first stage of infectious disease?
Incubation Period
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What stage do mild initial symptoms occur in the infectious disease process?
Prodromal stage
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What two initial symptoms are normally displayed during the prodromal stage?
discomfort and tiredness
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As the pathogen is multiplying rapidly and invading further , what is it affecting during the invasion period?
tissues
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At what stage of the infectious disease process are signs and symptoms most obvious and severe?
The invasion period
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What is the third stage of the infectious disease process?
The Invasion Period
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At what period are immune and inflammatory responses being triggered?
The invasion period
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What is the fourth stage of the infectious disease process?
Convalescence period
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What declines during the convalescence period?
signs and symptoms
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What have the immune and inflammatory systems removed in the convalescence period?
the infectious agent
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In what infectious disease may the incubation period last years?
AIDS
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What is a latency phase?
occurs during the convalescence period- resolution of symptoms until reactivation at another time
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