KINE 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Mucous Membrane, Rickettsia, Measles

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Epidemic: disease outbreak that affects many people in a community or region at the same time. Virulent: strong enough to overcome host resistance and cause disease. Infection: the state of pathogens being established in or on a host and causing disease. Opportunistic infections: infections that occur more often and with greater severity in people with compromised immune systems. Immunocompromised: having an immune system that is impaired. Autoinoculate: transmit a pathogen from one part of your body to another part. Drug resistance: occurs when microbes, such as bacteria, viruses, or other pathogens grow and proliferate in the presence of chemicals that would normally kill them or slow their growth. Antigen: substance capable of triggering an immune response. Antibodies: substances produced by the body that are individually matched to specific antigens. Humoral immunity: aspect of immunity that is mediated by antibodies secreted by white blood cells; body"s major defense against many bacteria and toxins.

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