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| The manner in which a disease develops |
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| Saprophytic mycobacteria inhabit external genitals on secretions and/or sloughed-off cells, bringing no apparent benefit or harm to the host - What is this an example of? |
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| E.Coli gets nutrients from the large intestine while E.Coli synthesizes vitamin K and some vitamin B vitamins for the host. What is this an example of? |
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| VRSA (Vancomycin-resistant staphylococcus aureus)- uses up the hosts nutrients without providing the host any benefit in return. What is this an example of? |
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| Protects host against colonization by pathogenic microbes by competing for nutrients, producing substances harmful to invading microbes and affecting conditions like pH and O2 availability. |
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| E.Coli produces bacteriocins that inhibit the growth of Salmonella and Shigella. What is this an example of? |
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| The lactobacilli which colonies the vagina lower the pH of that environment thus making an inhospitable habitat to other microbes is an example of what? |
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| Steps in Koch's postulates? |
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1. Isolate the pathogen (virus, microbe, etc) from sick creature.
2. Grow the pathogen in the lab and obtain a pure culture.
3. Inoculate a healthy creature with a sample from the pure culture. The pathogen should cause the same disease symptoms that were seen in the first creature.
4. Reisolate the same pathogen from the 2nd sick animal. |
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| Subclinical (inapparent) infection |
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| Doesn't cause any noticeable illness |
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| Hepatitis A is an infection that doesn't seem to cause any noticeable illness. This is an example of? |
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| Subclinical (inapparent) infection |
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