Across
- 4. type of neurotoxin that causes spastic paralysis
- 8. ability of an organism to spread within the host
- 13. antibody specific for toxin that neutralizes that toxin
- 18. _________ syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms that are characteristic of a disease
- 20. the higher the # of organisms, the _________ the risk of disease
- 22. intensity of pathogenicity
- 25. breaks down basement membrane
- 26. an organism’s ability to cause disease
- 29. breaks down collagen
- 30. proteins that are actively secreted by bacteria and cause harm to host
- 31. _________ potential is the ability of an organism to cause signs/symptoms
- 32. _________ help bacteria adhere to surfaces
- 33. lipid A component of LPS that is sloughed off when bacteria die, causing shock
Down
- 1. period of infection when you are the most sick
- 2. ability of organism to start an infection
- 3. inhibits phagocytosis
- 5. toxin that affects GI tract
- 6. toxin that affects cellular functions
- 7. If a host has a low resistance to a bacterium, very small number and _________ virulent organisms can cause disease
- 9. subjective/what you cannot see
- 10. kills lysosomes in WBC
- 11. objective/ what you can see/measurable
- 12. a toxin that causes over stimulation of the immune system, causing toxic shock syndrome.
- 14. breaks down connections between cells
- 15. inanimate objects that are contaminated
- 16. a toxin that affect nervous system
- 17. tissue damage cause by toxins produced by microbe IN the host's body
- 19. Protease, _________ cleaves IgA
- 21. tissue damage caused by toxins produced by microbe OUTSIDE of hosts body entering the host
- 23. period of infection when you have no signs or symptoms and the bacteria are replicating
- 24. stage of infection in which you start to recover
- 27. cause disease
- 28. type of neurotoxin that causes flaccid paralysis