ANT208H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Emerging Infectious Disease, Helminths, Autoimmune Disease
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A disease caused by a microorganism that provokes an immune response in the host, and that can be passed to another host. The foundation of the germ theory of disease, used to establish whether a disease is caused by a microorganism. A microorganism that causes disease in a host. Microorganisms that make use of the resources of other individuals, usually of a different, larger bodied species. Relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits but the other is unaffected. A pathogen"s ability to make a host sick; can be due to high reproduction rate of the pathogen, its ability to produce a toxin, or other attributes. Any intermediate species/material that can take a pathogen from on host to the next. One of the classes of antibodies that respond to helminth injections. Ige appears to be involved in allergies and asthma.
