MICRO EXAM 4 UTA; Questions and Answers %
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characteristics of infectious disease Correct answer--disease
-infection
-signs and symptoms
-syndrome
-signs and symptoms help direct towards diagnosis
-some patients are asymptomatic/subclinical = only signs can be observed thru correct te...
iatrogenic disease Correct answer--disease acquired as result of medical procedure
nosocomial disease Correct answer--disease acquired from a hospital environment
zoonotic disease Correct answer--disease acquired from an animal
non-communicable disease Correct answer--disease obtained from non-living thing such
as soil or contaminated object
,MICRO EXAM 4 UTA; Questions and Answers %
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non-infectious disease Correct answer--disease not caused by pathogen
periods/stages of disease Correct answer--infectious disease follow 5 stages
1. incubation
2. prodromal
3. illness
4. decline
5. convalescence
incubation stage of disease Correct answer--initial entry of pathogen
-replication begins
prodromal stage of disease Correct answer--replication continues
-host shows signs and symptoms
illness stage of disease Correct answer--signs and symptoms are most severe in host
decline stage of disease Correct answer--pathogen number start to decrease
-host's immune system is weak and vulnerable to secondary infection
, MICRO EXAM 4 UTA; Questions and Answers %
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convalescence stage of disease Correct answer--host starts to recover
acute vs. chronic disease Correct answer--illness period can be variable
-acute disease
-chronic disease
-latent disease
acute disease Correct answer--relatively short
-hours, days, week
chronic disease Correct answer--longer time
-month, years, lifetime
latent disease Correct answer--comes in episodes
-pathogen replicates when disease is active
Koch's postulates Correct answer--set of standards that must be met to demonstrate that
X pathogen causes X disease
-developed 1884 and still used today
1. the suspected pathogen must be found in every case of disease and not to be found in
healthy individuals
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