Communicable disease

Pathogen enters body, symptoms appear as the pathogen grows and multiplies, with stage/period of infection is this?

• Incubation Period

• Prodromal Stage

• Illness Stage

• Convalescence Stage

Time from onset of nonspecific symptoms such as fever, malaise, and

fatigue to move specific symptoms

• Incubation Period

• Prodromal Stage

• Illness Stage

• Convalescence Stage

Time during which child demonstrates signs and symptoms specific to

an infection type

• Incubation Period

• Prodromal Stage

• Illness Stage

• Convalescence Stage

______ is the time when acute symptoms of illness

disappear.

• Incubation Period

• Prodromal Stage

• Illness Stage

• Convalescence Stage

The infectious

agent is called a ___

• Virus

• Pathogen

• Infector

• Germ

_____ is an overgrowth of bad bacteria.

• Infection

• Disease

• Cancer

• Virus

_____ a microbial organism with the ability to cause

disease.

• Infectious agent

• Infector

• Pathogen

• Virus

Virulence means?

• Ability to grow and multiply

• Ability to enter tissue

• Ability to cause a disease

invasiveness means?

• Ability to grow and multiply

• Ability to enter tissue

• Ability to cause a disease

pathogenicity means?

• Ability to grow and multiply

• Ability to enter tissue

• Ability to cause a disease