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- 4. The degree of pathogenicity of an organism: the relative ability of a pathogen to cause disease.
- 8. ___________ pathogens are normal flora that can cause problems once they get into specific sites, often in immunocompromised individuals.
- 9. A human host has two arms of defence mechanism collectively known as the ________ system.
- 10. ________ pathogens are biological agents that causes disease or illness to a healthy host.
- 11. Detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign parasite species.
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- 1. A response which involves T and B-cells in a human host is known as _________ immunity
- 2. The ability to produce pathology (abnormal reactions in the body)
- 3. Microbial pathogenicity is determined by 3 main factors with the acronym _______.
- 5. DISEASE, Host suffers an impairment of a normal function due to an organism that lives within or upon it.
- 6. Microflora that resides in or on the human body that are harmless and maybe even beneficial are also known as __________.
- 7. A fast or rapid host response system in a human host to external perturbation is known as _________ immunity.