Chapter 15 Vocabulary

5. Objective and measurable deviations from body structure or functions.
6. Subsequent infection by another pathogen during or after infection by a primary pathogen.
8. Infectious diseases not spread from one person to another.
10. Infectious diseases acquired in hospital settings.
14. Any disease caused by the direct effect of a pathogen, which could be cellular or acellular.
15. Infectious diseases transmitted from animals to humans.
16. Infectious diseases contracted as a result of medical procedures.
17. These pathogens can cause disease in a host regardless of the host's resident microbiota or immune system.
18. Infectious diseases capable of being spread from person to person.
19. Infections that occur when the pathogen is disseminated throughout the whole body.

1. The degree to which a pathogen is pathogenic.
2. The successful colonization of a host by a microorganism.
3. Diseases that do not present any noticeable signs or symptoms.
4. Any condition in which the normal structure or functions of the body are damaged or impaired.
6. A specific group of signs and symptoms characteristic of a particular disease.
7. Infections that occur when a localized pathogen or its toxins spread to a secondary location.
9. These pathogens can only cause disease in situations that compromise the host's defenses.
11. Subjective deviations from normal body structure or function.
12. A pathogen's ability to cause disease.
13. Infections confined to a small area of the body, typically near the portal of entry.