chapter 11

2. sum total of all microbes
3. cause disease when the host defenses are comprimised
5. capable of causing disease in a healthy person with normal immune system
8. is an organism's potential to cause disease
10. recovery has occured
11. Severity of disease based on attachment and damage it can cause
12. organisms coming from somewhere within the same human host to cause the infection
13. longterm or permanent damage to tissues or organs caused by infectious disease
14. microbe whose relationship with its host is parasitic and results in infection and disease
16. early, mild symptoms of the disease

1. dormant state of microbes
4. condition in which microbes get past a host's defenses, enter tissues, and multiply
6. characteristic or structure of the microbe that contributes to its ability to establish itself in the host and cause damage
7. minimum amout of microbes necessary to cause infection
8. route that microbe takes to enter the tissues of the body to initiate infection
9. deviation from health that results when cumulative effects of infection damage or disrupt tissues and organs
12. organism coming in from outside the body
15. microbe version of the genome project