MB 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Microorganism, Microbiology, Gastrointestinal Tract

• School: Oregon State University
• Department: Microbiology
• Course: MB 230
• Professor: Kenton Hokanson

Document Summary

Caused by pathogenic microbes or a cellular entitles or their products noninfectious disease disease. Not caused by pathogenic microbes a cellular entities. 1 all infected hosts become diseased low pathogenic. Ity few infected hosts become diseased no pathogenic. Virulence a measure of the severity of disease state high virulence infected. 20. 1 t low virulence infected diseased host has mild disease state. Factors substances mechanisms or other microbial components which contribute to the severity of the disease most. 2 factors invasiveness ability to spread from one tissue to another. Virulence enzymes enzymes wl detrimental effects on body functions. Cause a variety of detrimental effects on the body. Of pathogen transmission: 9 airborne blood boml. Of a health for a population in excess. Endemic permance of a disease in a defined geographic area or population group has. Following traits o o disease is always present disease happens constantly.