Infectious Disease Vocabulary

Course of Infection

• How long the disease is communicable

• The process of transferring a pathogen form one host to another

• How easily the pathogen is transmitted

Host

• Air, water, direct contact, vectors and others

• An organism that is infected with a pathogen

• Any condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the body or mind

Method of Transmission

• Air, water, direct contact, vectors and others

• An organism that is infected with a pathogen

• Any condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the body or mind

Disease

• Air, water, direct contact, vectors and others

• An organism that is infected with a pathogen

• Any condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the body or mind

Transmission

• How long the disease is communicable

• The process of transferring a pathogen form one host to another

• How easily the pathogen is transmitted

Infectiousness

• How long the disease is communicable

• The process of transferring a pathogen form one host to another

• How easily the pathogen is transmitted

Germs

• Tiny one-celled organisms that live nearly everywhere

• Organisms that are so small that they can be seen only through a microscope

• One-celled organisms that have a more complex structure than bacteria

Bacteria

• Tiny one-celled organisms that live nearly everywhere

• Organisms that are so small that they can be seen only through a microscope

• One-celled organisms that have a more complex structure than bacteria

Protozoa

• Tiny one-celled organisms that live nearly everywhere

• Organisms that are so small that they can be seen only through a microscope

• One-celled organisms that have a more complex structure than bacteria

Fungi

• How long the disease takes to develop or become communicable

• Primitive life-forms, such as molds or yeasts, that connot make their own food

• The study of the patterns involving health evens such as disease