Describe the factors that affect virulence/ pathogenicity

Q: Define virulence factors and give examples of them in grampositiveand gram-negative bacteria,…

A: The infectious nature of the microbe is called as virulence. The higher the virulence, the higher…

Q: Define the term pathogen.

A: Introduction The immune system is one of the most critical systems in the body, assisting an…

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: Identify a pathogen that has a significant impact on human health. What are its health effects?

A: Shigella- Various species of Shigella causes Shigellosis disease. The infected people with Shigella…

Q: Define infection, infectious disease, pathogenicity, virulence, and opportunistic pathogen.

A: Parasitology is the examination of parasites, their hosts, and the correlation among them. As a…

Q: Describe major ways that microorganisms damage their host.

A: A microorganism or microbe is defined as a living thing that is too small and tiny to be visualized…

Q: What are the signs of the pathogens? Define and give examples.

A: Pathogens:- Pathogens are microorganisms that have the potential to cause infectious diseases.…

Q: What are virulence factors?

A: Pathogens are the disease causing organisms which enters body and escapes the host immune system.…

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: 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: Define the term opportunism, illustrating your answer with two contrasting examples of organisms…

A: When a microbe penetrates a person's body and harm, it is called an infection. The microbe survives,…

Q: Infectious dose can determine whether or not an individual becomes ill with a given pathogen. True O…

A: Infection does can determine whether or not an individual become ill with a given pathoge , that is…

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: Explain conditions that promote the transmission of health care–associatedinfection ?

A: Infection refers to the entry of microorganisms into a host body followed by multiplication of the…

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: Name two typical sources of non-communicable diseases.

A: Infection refers to the entry of microorganisms into a host body followed by multiplication of the…

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: Discuss how a pathogen causes an infection. Include definitions for primary pathogen, opportunistic…

A: Organisms become diseased when a pathogen (disease-causing agent) comes in contact with it and…

Q: Identify three bacterial structures linked to virulence and pathogenicity.

A: Attachments (proteins attached to the cell surface), such as propellers and fimbriae; a cell…

Q: Identify three bacterial structures linked to virulence and pathogenicity.

A: A bacterial cell comprises three structural regions: attachments (proteins connected to the cell…

Q: Compare organisms, infection routes, virulence factors, symptoms, immune defenses, & treatments of 4…

A: Gastrointestinal diseases affect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from the mouth to the anus.

Q: Distinguish between pathogenicity and virulence.

A: Introduction  We are surrounded by various pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungus etc. Every…

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: Explain the term pathogens.

A: Immune system may be defined as one of the important system of the body that helps an individual to…

Q: Correlate food-borne and waterborne bacterial infection and disease severity with bacterial…

A: Bacteria can infect a wide range of food such as soups, sauce, rice,  leftovers, and other prepared…

Q: Discuss the three reasons why infection may not occur after microbes enter the body.

A: The microbe utilizes the body to sustain, reproduce and colonize itself. These pathogenic tiny…

Q: Mention and Explain two (2) virulence factors of bacterial pathogens

A: Microorganisms develop or secrete some factors that can evoke pathogenicity in the host, called…

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: IF A PERSON IS INFECTED BY THE SAME PATHOGEN A SECOND TIME , why does the person either not get sick…

A: Immunology is the study of the immune system and its response to infections. The immune system…

Q: Describe the germ theory of disease.

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

Q: Which pathogen is most virulent? O both B & C O A

A: ID 50 or median infectious dose is the minimum concentration of pathogen (bacteria or viruses)…

Q: differentiate desease from infection. differentiate virulence from pathogenicity.

A: This is a classical difference question in biology and in based on microbiology

Q: Explain how the host responds to the infection of pathogens.

A: Answer :- There are several ways tothe host responds to the infection of pathogens are as follow :-…

Q: Which statements are an example of a virulence factor? Mark those that are example.

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Q: Model disease processes and explain virulence

A: Introduction: A disease model is an animal or a cell that has pathological processes the same or…

Q: Explain the Phenomena of Pathogenicity and virulence

A: Pathogenicity and virulence both terms are used relatively to define the relationship of host and…

Q: Discuss how a pathogen causes an infection. Include definitions for primary pathogen, opportunistic…

A: Pathogens wreak havoc on their hosts in a number of ways. The most obvious way is to cause direct…

Q: Predict the microbial virulence factors and host cell responses that result in disease

A: The virulence factors of the pathogen are encoded by genes that can be determined using Koch’s…

Q: Discuss the differences between pathogenicity and virulence.

A: Both pathogenicity and virulence are qualitative terms related to the disease causing capacity of an…

Q: Define the term virulence and how to determine it.

A: In biology, virulence is defined as the degree to which a pathogenic organism can cause disease.…

Q: Classify acute and chronic diseases according to infectivity and communicability.

A: Introduction  We are surrounded by various pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungus etc. Every…

Q: Name the 10 different pathogen groups in descending order according to size (from the largest to the…

A: Pathogens are microscopic organisms that are available everywhere. There have several kinds of…

Q: Differentiate between a microbe’s pathogenicity and its virulence.

A: Microbes are minute living organisms that can be found all around us but cannot be seen with the…