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VCOM 2014
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Microbiology
Graduate
09/23/2010

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Term
Anthroponoses
Definition
human diseases that can be transmitted to animals
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Epidemic
Definition
Disease that affects a large number of humans and spreads rapidly
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Epizootic
Definition
Disease that affects a large number of non-human animals and spreads rapidly
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Epizoic
Definition
Living on the surface; a skin parasite
Term
Euryxenous
Definition
Broad host range
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Heteroxenous
Definition
Alteration of generations of a parasite
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Incidence
Definition
The number of cases of an infectino occurring during a given period of time in relation to the population unit in which they occur
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Infection
Definition
Parasitic invasion resulting in injury and reaction to injury
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Latent
Definition
Non-visible infection
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Monoxenous
Definition
Single host life cycle
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Parasitemia
Definition
parasites in blood
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Pathogenic
Definition
Results in disease or morbid symptoms
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Premunition
Definition
Resistance to super-infection; depends upon survival of parasites in host and disappears with their elimination
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Prevalence
Definition
Number of organisms in a population infected with a parasite at any one time
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Virulence
Definition
Relative infectiousness of a parasite
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Zoonosis
Definition
Animal disease that may be transmitted from animals to humans
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