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Q: Identify and defi ne the terms associated with infectious diseases.
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Q: Enumerate the different stages of an infectious disease and what occurs during each stage?
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Q: Explain the different types of infection with an example.
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Q: Give explanation on modes of transmission in communicable diseases.
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Q: differentiate between a viral infection and a bacterial infection?
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Q: Classify acute and chronic diseases according to infectivity and communicability.
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Q: What are the differences between contagious and communicable diseases? Explain with example.
A: A disease is an unusual condition that negatively influences the structure or function of every or…
Q: What do you mean by communicable diseases? use your own words to explain
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Differentiate between communicable and noncommunicable infectious diseases.
Based on the way an infection is acquired, infectious diseases may be classified as communicable and non-communicable diseases.
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- Explain the differences between communicable and noncommunicable infectious diseases, and between contact and indirect modes of transmission.Describe the characteristics of infectious diseases, including the course of disease, duration of symptoms, and distribution of the pathogen.Identify and defi ne the terms associated with infectious diseases.
- Classify acute and chronic diseases according to infectivity and communicability.Explain the differences between communicable and noncommunicableinfectious diseases, and between (direct) contact and indirectmodes of transmission.Define infection, infectious disease, pathogenicity, virulence, and opportunistic pathogen.
- Describe the infectious disease processDefine the term pathogen and identify causal agents for a range of infectious diseases involving, bacteria,viruses,fungi and protistsDifferentiate the terms in each of the following pairs a. etiology and pathogenesis b. infection and diseases c. communicable disease and noncommunicable disease