Quizlet Micro Exam 3- Chapter 15

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  1. bacillus anthracis: caused by spores in the soild that you enhale into your lungs
  2. Bordetella pertussis: whooping cough
  3. chronic carrier: a reservoir that is able to harbor the pathogen for months or years and never become sick but still pass it on. ex HIV and AIDS, Hep B, salmonella, and streptococcus pyogenes
  4. Clostridium tetani: the bacteria that causes tetanus, the deadly disease is caused by a rapidly produced toxin in the warm environment of the human body, these bacteria can remain in the soil...even when conditions are unfavorarable...for years by producing endospores. these spores can ener into the skin
  5. examples of human reservoirs: small pox, measles virus, cold virus, Neisseria gonorrha, Bordetella pertussis, polio
  6. healthy carrier: before the symptoms of the invader begin to show, this reservoir is infected but has not yet developed the symptoms of it OR they already got sick, recovered and are still passing it in
  7. Neisseria gonnorrhea: gonnorrhea
  8. Pathogenic needs in order to cause disease: have a reservoir, leave its reservoir and get to the host, successfully invade into the body of the host (entry, establishment, and evade the body's defenses), multiple within the body, leave the host...so the cycle can continue
  9. reservoir: a place to live before and after infection. a requirement of successful pathogens
  10. sick carrier: a reservoir that has the sickness and is currently spreading it
  11. virbio cholera: a pathogen that is dependent on water as its environmenta reservoir. this contamination of your drinking water infects your gastrointestinal tract
  12. virulence factors: disease-causing capabilities
  13. zoonosis: human disease that is caused by pathogens that are maintained by animal reservoirs.