Infectious Disease
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dianahutchis on March 15, 2010
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infectious disease: viruses, bacteria, pathogens
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pathogen | Any virus or organism that causes disease. |
| antibiotic | Medicine that treats bacterial infection. |
| antibiotic resistance | Bacteria's ability to evolve to withstand the effects of an antibiotic. |
| vaccine | A dead or altered virus introduced into the body to stimulate the body's production of antibodies, causing immunity to the real virus. |
| antibodies | Proteins produced by the immune system that destroy specific pathogens. |
| immunity | The body's ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease. |
| contagion | Any disease easily transmitted by contact. An infectious disease. |
| vector | An animal host that transfers a pathogen or a parasite to another organism |
| carrier | An organism that is host to a pathogen to which it is immune but can pass the pathogen on to others. |
| mutagen | Any physical or chemical agent that can cause a mutation in DNA |
| infectious disease | A disease that is caused by a pathogen and that can be spread from one individual to another. |
| toxin | A poison produced by bacterial pathogens that damages cells. |
| quarantine | Isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease. |
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