Virulence Factors

Select all that apply. What are the three main contributors to disease occurence?

• Environment

• Agent

• Human

• Host

• Pollen

the manner of development of a disease

• pathogenesis

• etiology

• pathology

• virulancy

Capacity of agent to enter and multiply in host and produce infection or disease

• incidence

• virulence

• infectivity

• pathogenicity

Capacity of disease to cause disease in infected host

• infectivity

• virulence

• taxogenicity

• pathogenicity

New cases of a disease

• incidence

• toxigenicity

• infectivity

• pathogenicity

Severity of disease

• incidence

• virulence

• pathogenicity

• taxogenicity

Ability of agent to survive adverse environmental conditions

• antigenicity

• resistance

• pathogenicity

• virulence

An organism or vehicle that transmits the causative agent or disease-causing organism from the reservoir to the host.

• host

• vector

• agent

• pathogen

A microorganism that can cause disease is called a(n) ________________.

• pathogen
• host
• virulence
• autogenous

Adhesion is ...

• component of appendage on the surface bacteria that helps their adhesion to other cells

• a protein that allows a pathogen to colonize the host's body

• a protein that allows pathogens to enter cells

• a protein produced by pathogens that poisons hosts cells