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| the study of the cause of a disease |
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| the development of disease |
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| Colonization of the body by pathogens |
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| An abnormal state in which the body is not functioning normally |
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1. the same pathogen must be present in every case of the disease
2.the pathogen must be isolated from the diseases host and grown in pure culture
3.the pathogen from the pure culture must cause the disease when it is inoculated into a healthy, susceptible lab animal
4.the pathogen must be isolated from the inoculated animal and must be shown to be the original animal |
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| a change in body function that is felt by a patient as a result of disease |
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| a change in a body that can be measured or observed as a result of disease |
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| a specific group of signs and symptoms that accompany a disease |
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| a disease that is spread from one host to another |
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| a disease that is easliy spread from one host to another |
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| a disease that is not transmitted from one host to another |
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| Acute infection that causes the initial illness |
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| Opportunistic infection after a primary (predisposing) infection |
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| one organism benefits, and the other is unaffected |
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| one organism benefits at the expense of the other |
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| fraction of a population that contracts a disease during a specific time |
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| fraction of a population having a specific disease at a given time |
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| disease that occurs occasionally in a population |
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| disease constantly present in a population |
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| disease aquired by many host in a given area in a short time |
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| immunity in most of a population |
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