VPAT 3100H Study Guide - Final Guide: Hospital-Acquired Infection, Rna Virus, Mycology
29 Apr 2018
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Infectious Diseases Word List
General Fields
Bacteriology- study of bacteria
Mycology- study of fungus
Virology- study of viruses
Bacteriology
Gram positive- bacteria that stains purple
Gram negative- bacteria that stains pink
Two classical morphologies
Cocci- spherical (round) bacterial
Bacilli- rod shaped bacterial
Mycology (study of fungus)
Hypha/ae - long branching structures; you will see this in moldy bread
Yeast- another way fungus can grow; spherical structures that grow by binary
fission.
Virology
Obligate intracellular
RNA (enveloped)
RNA virus- a virus whose genome consists of RNA
Enveloped- a virus that contains additional layers around the nucleocapsid
DNA (non-enveloped)
DNA virus-
Sources of infections
Normal flora- microorganism that reside in or on the body without causing disease
Carriers (people who have harmful germs living on or in their body, but are
not visibly sick)
Incubating period- the time between infection and signs/symptoms/illness
Latency period- the time delay between the moment something is initiated
and the moment it becomes detectable
Convalescent animals- recovering from illness
Asymptomatic- showing no symptoms of disease
Environment
Transmission
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Document Summary
Hypha/ae - long branching structures; you will see this in moldy bread. Yeast- another way fungus can grow; spherical structures that grow by binary fission. Rna virus- a virus whose genome consists of rna. Enveloped- a virus that contains additional layers around the nucleocapsid. Normal flora- microorganism that reside in or on the body without causing disease. Carriers (people who have harmful germs living on or in their body, but are not visibly sick) Incubating period- the time between infection and signs/symptoms/illness. Latency period- the time delay between the moment something is initiated and the moment it becomes detectable. Fomite- a nonliving object that transmits disease. (a physical object that serves to transmit an infection from animal to animal) Vector- any agent (person, animal, microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease. Mechanical vector- an animal that transports an infectious agent but is not by it. Biological vector- disease-carrying organism, such as a rat, mosquito, or fly, that spreads infectious disease.
