differentiate  between a viral infection and a bacterial infection?

Q: Why is it important to be familiar with the symptoms and signs of a particular disease?

A: Symptoms and sign of a disease are the indicative of progression of a disease and also marker of…

Q: What does it mean to refer to a disease as a “syndrome,” as with AIDS?

A: A disease is a state of unhealthiness of the physical body, mind and social interaction. A disease…

Q: Discuss how a pathogen causes an infection.

A: In this question, we have to answer, how pathogen cause disease.

Q: What is the symptom-free period of a disease called?

A: Producing only a few, mild symptoms, disease is paucisymptomatic. Symptoms appearing later, after an…

Q: Differentiate between contamination,infection, and disease. What are the possible outcomes in each?

A: Microbiology is the study of living organisms called microbes which cannot be seen through naked…

Q: Differentiate communicable disease and contagious disease.

A: Communicable disease are all are infectious. But all contagious disease are not infections..

Q: Differentiate among the terms colonization, infection, and disease.

A: The immune system has a vital role in protecting the body from outside pathogens (bacteria, viruses,…

Q: Differentiate the terms in each of the following pairs a. etiology and pathogenesis b. infection…

A: Health is the state of physically, mentally and socially well . Absence of disease doesnot mean that…

Q: What are infections?

A: Health and disease are the important concern while dealing with infections. Health may be defined as…

Q: Explain why viral infections are difficult to treat.

A: The virus is a non-living entity. It is the source of a variety of infections. The infection host…

Q: Are viruses and bacteria both considered pathogens?

A: Microbes are tiny organisms which we can not see only by eyes, we need instruments like microscope…

Q: Explain how genetics influences the development of disease?

A: Genetics, investigation of heredity in general and of genes specifically. Genetics structures one of…

Q: How Virulence Factors Contribute to Tissue Damage?

A: Virulence factors refer to the molecules generated by pathogens such as viruses, fungi, protozoa,…

Q: What is incubation period of a disease? What are the factors that affect the length of incubation…

A: The common history of an untreated transferable illness has four phases: phase of presentation,…

Q: What is the difference between bacterial vs. viral illnesses?

A: Infection occurs when a harmful, disease-causing microorganism invades and multiplies within the…

Q: What are the Fundamental causes of diseases?

A: Diseases are abnormal conditions that cause deviation from the original structure or normal…

Q: How are acute, chronic, and latent infections different from one another?

A: Acute infection are those infections which occur in a relatively short time (rapid onset) (like in…

Q: Define disease.

A: A specific irregular condition that adversely influences the structure or capacity of all or part…

Q: At what body sites do pathogens typically attach and colonize?

A: Microorganisms or microbes are microscopic organisms that exist as unicellular, multicellular, or…

Q: Describe the infectious disease process

A: The infection disease process depends on how far the pathogen is able to proliferate itself even…

Q: Use key terms to describe different patterns of infection.

A: Infection refers to disease or disorder in which a harmful pathogen invades the body and releases…

Q: Differentiate between exogenous and endogenous infections.

A: Infections are caused when a foreign pathogenic organism infects the host and becomes hostile…

Q: What is the meaning of infective stage, pathogenic stage and diagnostic stage?

A: Infectious biology deals with the pathogens and their mode of infection in the host and the diseases…

Q: what are different aspects of a disease process? define

A: There are different aspects of a disease process as different diseases depends upon different…

Q: What are healthcare-associated infections?

A: Introduction Infection is a condition when a host cell invades by some foreign pathogen, which is…

Q: Use correct terminology to explain the manifestations of infectionsand inflammation.

A: Immunology is a section of biology that includes the study of molecules, cells, and organs that…

Q: Explain the relationship between the infection chain and transmission of infection ?

A: All elements of the infection chain must be present for an infection to occur. Transmission is a…

Q: Write Resistance to viral infection ?

A: Introduction :- Viruses are tiny parasitic organisms that are much smaller than bacteria. They are…

Q: Differentiate the terms in each of the following pairs a. etiology and pathogenesis b. infection and…

A: ANSWER;- a. Etiology is the study of the reason for a disease, though pathogenesis is the way where…

Q: Describe

A: Introduction :- A pathogen is an organism that cause disease.  Usally pathogens can enter the body…

Q: Enumerate the different stages of an infectious disease and what occurs during each stage?

A: A disease is any condition wherein the ordinary design or elements of the body are harmed or…

Q: List the two categories of disease, discuss the differences between the two, and give examples of…

A: The disease is termed as a type of condition which hampers the normal functioning of the body.…

Q: Identify patients most at risk for infection ?

A: A disease is a specific aberrant condition that affects the structure or function of all or part of…

Q: What are pathogens?

A: Communicable diseases or infectious diseases are the one which gets spread from one individual to…

Q: List three ways the body can protect itself against viral or bacterial infections.

A: The immune system intervenes, acting as a serious bouncer. White blood cells and other substances…

Q: Explain how key pathogens cause infection

A: Microbes can be located on, in, as well as around us. They can be found in almost every location on…

Q: why it is important to know the etiology of a disease?

A: Etiology is study of cause or reason behind any things or functions. This word has come from greek…

Q: Define infectious dose, and explain its role in establishing infection.

A: Infections are a result of infectious doses. Organisms that spread these infections are known as…

Q: Differentiate among lytic infection, latent infection, chronic infection,and transformation.

A: Viruses are minute particles that are made up of only their genetic material which may be DNA or RNA…

Q: Differentiate between DNA and RNA viruses and between enveloped and non-enveloped?

A: Viruses are microscopic agents that can replicate only inside host cells. They can infect all types…

Viral Replication

The virus is acellular and considered non-living outside the host cell. The replication of the virus occurs only inside the living cells. Only a few genes are present in the smallest virus, whereas many genes are present in the largest virus. These genes encode specific viral proteins.