Virulence and Acute infections

1. The time period from when a virus entered your system to the time in which you experience obvious symptoms.
7. The amount of disease a pathogen causes. Must be careful when comparing to ensure making apple-to-apple comparisons.
8. I am transmitted by the fecal-oral route. I spread rapidly because most people (90%) are asymptomatic.
10. I am highly transmissible. I cause high fever and am associated with secondary infection and because I kill immune cells I can induce immune amnesia.
11. Some ___ factors alter how much diseases a virus can induce.
12. Pathogens that infect you and then stay with the host for their life are ____.

2. I am transmitted through the fecal-oral route. I continue to spread even after you feel better. Schools are frequently shut-down during an outbreak.
3. ___ of infection, dose, immune status can all alter disease in a host.
4. Pathogens that infect a host, but are effectively cleared cause ___ infections.
5. First measles specific sign of disease.
6. Term used to describe how contagious a virus is in a naïve population.
9. ____ carriers are people who are infected with a virus but do not experience symptoms.