BIO461 ePJJ Principles of disease

Microbe that establishes and resides in/on a particular area of out body but do not produce disease under normal conditions is known as _________.

• pathogen

• obligate pathogen

• parasite

• normal microbiota

The relationship exhibited by pathogens to its hosts is ___________.

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• antagonism

Subjective changes (that are not seen or apparent to an observer) in body function such as pain, malaise (overall feeling of body discomfort) is called ___________.

• sign

• symptoms

• syndrome

• disease

The presence of Lactobacillus in the vagina is an example of _______.

• antagonism

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

This kind of infection is severe but short lived.

• acute

• chronic

• latent

• systemic

Infection that is spread throughout the body by blood and/or lymph is called ______.

• local infection

• focal infection

• sepsis

• systemic infection

An infection that develops as a result of hospital stay: effects about 5%-15% of all hospitalized patients.

• Viral infection

• Nosocomial infection

• Bacteriophage infection

• Latent infection

The number of people who have the disease at one specified time (indicates how seriously and how long the disease affects the population) is ___________.

• Prevalence

• Pandemic

• Incidence

• Epidemic

________ are diseases transmitted from animals to humans

• prognosis

• zoonoses

• viremia

• sepsis

Identify the best description of the term etiology.

• A study of disease and treatment

• A study of the cause of disease

• A study of mental health and behaviour

• A study of philosophy in medicine