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Bacteria Science Olympiad
Science Olymiad Bacteria Definition Flashcards
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Biology
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02/12/2012

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Bacteria (1)
Definition
the second smallest infectious agent (smallest kind that is thought of as an organism)
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Bacteria (2)
Definition
ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or in chains
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Infectious Agent
Definition
an agent capable of producing infection
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Prevalence
Definition
the proportion of individuals in a population having a disease. It is a statistical concept referring to the number of cases of a disease that are present in a particular population at a given time
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Plague
Definition
a cleared region in a bacterial culture, resulting from Iysis of bacteria by bacteriophages.
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Incidence Rate
Definition
the number of new cases per population in a given time period
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Pathogen
Definition
microorganism that is capable of causing disease
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Fomite
Definition
an inanimate object that is capable of transmitting any disease, nor does it cause it
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Influenza
Definition
an epidemic disease that was around 1918-1919 and killed over 20 million worldwide
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Morality
Definition
the measure of severity of a disease expressed as the proportion of people with the disease who become extremely ill of die
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Protozoa
Definition
one-celled organisms that are more complicated that bacteria and are always parasitic and act similarly to bacteria with significant differences (bigger and more complicated, and therefore smarter and harder to get rid of)
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Surveillance
Definition
the systematic, ongoing collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of heath data whose purpose is to gain knowledge of the patterns of the disease
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Demographic
Definition
characteristics of a population including sex, race, or occupation
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