Infectious diseases vocabulary

infectious disease

• a disease caused by a pathogen that can be transmitted from one organism to another

• a disease that is not transmitted from one organism to another

• a disease causing agent

• an organism that is infected by a pathogen

non infectious disease

• a disease caused by a pathogen that can be transmitted from one organism to another

• a disease that is not transmitted from one organism to another

• a disease causing agent

• an organism that is infected by a pathogen

pathogen

• a disease caused by a pathogen that can be transmitted from one organism to another

• a disease that is not transmitted from one organism to another

• a disease causing agent

• an organism that is infected by a pathogen

host

• a disease caused by a pathogen that can be transmitted from one organism to another

• a disease that is not transmitted from one organism to another

• a disease causing agent

• an organism that is infected by a pathogen

communicable

• can be ccommunicated (transmitted) from one organism to another

• a disease arising from mutations inherited from parents

• the likelihood of an organism being infected by a pathogen

• the time between infection and the onset of symptoms

genetic disease

• can be ccommunicated (transmitted) from one organism to another

• a disease arising from mutations inherited from parents

• the likelihood of an organism being infected by a pathogen

• a condition where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues

susceptibility

• can be ccommunicated (transmitted) from one organism to another

• a disease that is not transmitted from one organism to another

• the likelihood of an organism being infected by a pathogen

• a condition where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues

auto immune disease

• can be ccommunicated (transmitted) from one organism to another

• a disease arising from mutations inherited from parents

• a characteristic effect of a pathogen on the body

• a condition where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues

symptom

• can be ccommunicated (transmitted) from one organism to another

• a complex network of cells, tissues and organs in the body that detects and responds to differences between self and foreign cells

• a characteristic effect of a pathogen on the body

• a condition where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues

immune system

• a non cellular pathogenic agent with either DNA or RNA that can only reproduce inside a living host cell

• a complex network of cells, tissues and organs in the body that detects and responds to differences between self and foreign cells

• a characteristic effect of a pathogen on the body

• a condition where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues