MCB 2000 - Unit 3

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  1. 8. An enzyme found in sweat, tears, and saliva that breaks down bacterial peptidoglycan.
  2. 10. The first case of a disease identified in an outbreak or epidemic.
  3. 11. In infection, the relative capacity of a pathogen to invade and harm host cells.
  4. 13. Involving multiple distinct microorganisms.
  5. 18. Abbreviation for a collection of lymphoid tissue in the gastrointestinal tract that includes the appendix, the lacteals, and Peyer’s patches.
  6. 20. Immunity that is induced as a medical intervention, either by exposing an individual to an antigen or administering immune substances to them.
  7. 22. Neuromuscular disease causing muscles to contract uncontrollably.
  8. 24. Abbreviation for patches of lymphatic tissue containing B and T cells that underlie the surface of many skin surfaces in the body.
  9. 27. The complete complement of microorganisms that live in or on humans.
  10. 28. An extracellular enzyme chiefly for hydrolysis of nutrient macromolecules that are otherwise impervious to the cell membrane.
  11. 29. The precise molecular group of an antigen that defines its specificity and triggers the immune response.
  12. 30. In immunochemistry, a measure of antibody level in a patient, determined by agglutination methods.
  13. 33. The clear yellow early product of breast milk that is very high in secretory antibodies.
  14. 34. A substance that provokes an allergic response.
  15. 37. The process by which the various types of blood cells are formed, such as in the bone marrow.
  16. 38. Originating or produced within an organism or one of its parts.
  17. 39. Specific resistance that is acquired indirectly by donation of preformed immune substances (antibodies) produced in the body of another individual.
  18. 41. Virus caused primarily by mosquitos.
  19. 43. The study of the factors affecting the prevalence and spread of disease within a community.
  20. 46. Any cell, particle, or chemical that induces a specific immune response by B cells or T cells and can stimulate resistance to an infection or a toxin.
  21. 47. A heat-labile substance formed by some pyogenic cocci that impairs and sometimes lyses leukocytes.
  22. 48. disease that exhibits new cases at irregular intervals in unpredictable geographic locales.
  23. 49. Zoonotic disease characterized by fatal meningoencephalitis.
  24. 50. Originating outside the body.
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  1. 1. The total number of cases of a disease in a certain area and time period.
  2. 2. The capacity of microbes to cause disease.
  3. 3. An incomplete or partial antigen.
  4. 4. Common name for the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae.
  5. 5. Any immunity that arises naturally in an organism via previous experience with the antigen.
  6. 6. The process by which microbes gain a more stable foothold at the portal of entry
  7. 7. Bacteria that are gram-negative, non-motile and non-endospore forming and do not produce hydrogen sulfide.
  8. 9. The subjective evidence of infection and disease as perceived by the patient.
  9. 12. an objective assessment of disease.
  10. 14. toxin associated with eating poorly preserved food.
  11. 15. Regulatory chemical released by cells of the immune system that serves as signal between different cells.
  12. 16. the most common bacterial causes of diarrhea in the US.
  13. 17. acute environmental infection of the spinal cord that can cause neuromuscular paralysis.
  14. 19. A person who harbors infections and inconspicuously spreads them to others.
  15. 21. In epidemiology, the number of new cases of a disease occurring during a period.
  16. 23. The entry, establishment, and multiplication of pathogenic organisms within a host.
  17. 25. Any deviation from health, as when the effects of microbial infection damage or disrupt tissues and organs.
  18. 26. A specific chemical product of microbes, plants, and some animals that is poisonous to other organisms.
  19. 31. Butterfly-shaped organ near the tip of the sternum that is the site of T-cell maturation.
  20. 32. Bacterial toxins that are potent stimuli for T cells and can be a factor in diseases such as toxic shock.
  21. 35. A system of vessels and organs that serve as sites for development of immune cells and immune reactions.
  22. 36. In disease communication, the natural host or habitat of a pathogen.
  23. 40. An inflammation of the meninges
  24. 42. Immunity acquired through direct stimulation of the immune system by antigen.
  25. 44. The period from the initial contact with an infectious agent to the appearance of the first symptoms.
  26. 45. injection of whole microbes (killed or attenuated), toxoids, or parts of microbes as a prevention or cure for disease.