escribe the factors that contribute to the emergence or re-emergence of disease

Q: List Koch's postulates and describe how this list supports the Germ Therory of Disease.

A: There are four postulates given by Robert Koch that allow the determination of causative microbial…

Q: Describe the differences between an Outbreak, Epidemic, and Pandemic. Define transmission of…

A: Microbes are small living organisms, such as bacteria. Most of them are harmless and even helpful to…

Q: Correlate arthropod-borne bacterial infection and disease severity with bacterial virulence factors

A: Arthropods are the organisms that have exoskeleton, segmented body and have paired joint appendages.…

Q: Name the most important control measure for preventing person-to-person transmission of a disease.

A: WAVE OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION:  When a diseased person contact with a person nearby by means of…

Q: Define disease and identify common sources and modes of disease transmission

A: Germs or pathogens are one of the main causes of disease. It is also known as microorganisms. When…

Q: Enumerate the  reservoirs of infections

A: Reservoir of an infectious agent is the habitats where the agent live, grows and multiplies,…

Q: What are the similarities and differences between airborne and direct disease transmission? Discuss…

A: Airborne disease…

Q: Differentiate between the terms, epidemic, pandemic, endemic, and sporadic diseases.

A: Epidemic or Pestilence: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) portrays a scourge as a…

Q: explain how the microbiome is detected and studied and how it is linked to diseases.

A: The microbiome is that the genetic material of all the microbes - bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and…

Q: Explain several ways in which true pathogens differ from opportunisticpathogens.

A: True or primary fungal pathogens are those species that can invade and grow in a healthy…

Q: Describe the course of infection from contact with the pathogen to its exit from the host.

A: The colonization of tissues by pathogenic microorganisms or viruses is known as infection. This…

Q: Distinguish between an endemic disease, an epidemic disease,and a pandemic disease.

A: The endemic, epidemic, and pandemic disease terms describe the extent of disease spread or…

Q: List three factors that contribute to the emergence of infectious diseases.

A: The term "chain of infection" refers to the order in which the infection spreads. It starts with the…

Q: Define the term pathogen and identify causal agents for a range  of infectious diseases involving,…

A: A pathogen is an infectious biological agent capable of putting its host in a diseased state. They…

Q: Describe the characteristics of infectious diseases, including the course of disease, duration of…

A: Infectious diseases are those that may transfer from one person to another person through direct…

Q: Explain in details epidemiology and the environmental factors that contribute to the spread of…

A: Epidemiology is the scientific and systematic study of the distribution and determinants of…

Q: Put the following in the correct order and describe each pattern of disease : period of…

A: A disease can be described as unhealthy state of body in which some part of body is affected and is…

Q: Trace the course of a disease in the accompanying graph.Identify stages (a) through (f), and relate…

A: INFECTION:- Disease-causing pathogens invade the host tissue, multiply inside the body. The…

Q: Explain what an emerging disease is and give an example.

A: Disease :The disease is the condition of an organism when normal functions or structures of the…

Q: Relate the significant factors involved in the transmission of infectious diseases.

A: Discovering the origin and mode of transmission of pathogens is a key factor in epidemiology. A…

Q: Mechanisms of virulence by microorganisms include

A: Virulence is defined as the ability of a microorganism to infect the host cell and cause disease.…

Q: Correlate zoonotic bacterial infection and disease severity with bacterial virulence factors

A: Any infectious disease caused by a pathogen that has jumped from an animal to a human is known as…

Q: Describe the four general mechanisms by which microorganisms cause disease.

A: Microorganisms are defined as the small organisms that can not visible with naked eye. microorganism…

Q: Define the terms primary pathogen, opportunist, and virulence.

A: When a pathogen or microorganism enters the body of another organism (host) it is termed as…

Q: Define Indirect spread of Disease? give 5 examples

A: Communicable disease Control and eradication of communicable disease is possible only through…

Q: Explain what is happening during each stage of infection. Compare and contrast: systemic, local, and…

A: The progression of an infection or disease occurs in four stages and there are several patterns in…

Q: IDENTIFY THE FOUR BEHAVIORS & PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES OF NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.

A: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which include coronary disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and…

Q: Explain several ways that true pathogens differ from opportunistic pathogens.

A: Organisms which causes disease are referred to as pathogens. They are of five main types- Viruses,…

Q: Describe and explain what is meant by the following (physiological disease, psychological disease…

A: It is a type of disorder that occurs due to disruption of functions of the body and due to this,…

Q: Reveal the weakest link in the chain of infection

A: BASIC INFORMATION  INFECTIOUS AGENTS  It is pathogens or the microorganisms which are responsible…

Q: Describe the conditions that favors epidemic.

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Q: escribe three (3) methods by which pathogens are transmitted and give an example of each..

A: A pathogen is a disease-causing organism. Microbes are found in abundance in your body. These…

Q: Describe the germ theory of disease.

A: Along the lines of understanding the causative of diseases by the humans, various theories were…

Q: h brief and understandable explanations. Distinguish prevalence from inci

A: Incidence is the number of new cases occuring in a defined population during a specified period.…

Q: Define Direct spread of Disease? give 5 examples?

A: Infectious diseases are those diseases which gets transmitted from one infected person to another…

Q: What two general sources are responsible for health-care–associated infections? Give some specific…

A: To treat patients and aid their recovery, modern healthcare utilises a variety of invasive gadgets…

Q: Differentiate among the patterns of disease outbreaks accordingto frequency, number, and location.

A: Epidemiology is the study of disease transmission is the examination and investigation of the…

Q: a. What are some of the sources for “new” infectious diseases?b. Comment on the sensational ways in…

A: Infectious disease is those which passed person to person by insects, secretions like cough and…

Q: Define the parasitism.

A: Symbiotic relationships: Symbiosis is a type of close and long term relationship between two…

Q: Enumerate and define the reservoirs of infections

A: Any human, animal, plant, soil, or material in which an infectious agent usually persists and…

Q: What is major difference between an endemic disease and an epidemic?

A: Answer: EPIDEMIC : It is the spread of disease within a population , region and a community. ENDEMIC…