Pathogen Vocab

2. The group of organisms that the pathogen can infect
7. Microbes that are frequently associated with disease production
11. evasion method involving insertion of viral genome into host cell
14. total number of cases in a population at a particular time
16. Type of pathogen strain that shows decreased virulence
20. pathogens cluster virulence factor genes
22. Measure of the severity of disease a pathogen
23. The replication of a pathogen in or on its host
25. objectively measurable and defined disease manifestation
26. Type of pathogen strain that can no longer transmit disease
28. Microbes that cause disease when displaced to an unusual site or when the host has a weakened immune system

1. The mechanism a microbe uses to cause the disease state
3. never shows signs or symptoms of disease
4. transmission of pathogen from parent to child
5. Infectious diseases of animals that can cause disease when transmitted to humans
6. A disturbance in normal functioning of an organism
8. Toxins that are part of the microbial structure itself
9. Microbes that produce disease readily in healthy hosts
10. induced cell death
12. spread of an infectious agent from one host to another
13. transmission of pathogen from its natural host to a human
15. habitually present in population
17. The proteins produced and secreted that can have negative effects on host cells
18. transmission of a pathogen between members of a species other than parent to offspring
19. pathological effect experienced but not easily quanitified
21. humans are these because pathogens aren't efficiently transferred from person to person
24. Individual infected with a pathogenic microbe who never exhibits overt signs or symptoms of the disease
27. number of new cases appearing in a population during a specific time period
29. carrier of typhus that gave people disease