The extent to which an organism or ecological community would suffer from a threatening process or factor if exposed, without regard to the likelihood of exposure
Pathogen
A biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host
Pathology
The study of disease
Etiology
Cause of disease; often microbial
Etiology
Flu - Influenza virus
Tb - M. tuberculosis
Pathogenesis
Development of disease in the host
Pathogenesis
Norwalk virus; Fecal - oral, diarrhea
Disease
Altered state of health, host body is changed, upset of homeostasis
Epidemiology
Science of the study of how diseases are acquired and spread in a population
Infectious disease
A disease caused by an organism or virus that enters and multiplies within the human body
Toxins
A poison given off by some bacteria that can injure cells
Virus
The smallest type of pathogen
Bacteria
Simple, single-celled microorganisms
Microorganisms
An organism that is so small it can only be seen through a microscope
Immunogenicity
The ability to induce an immune response in the host
Infectivity
The ability to infect a host
Virulence
The ability of an agent of infection to produce disease
Host
An animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives
Diagnosis
The art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms
Mode of transmission
The route or method of transfer by which the infectious microorganism moves or is carried from one place to another to reach the new host
Modes of transmission
Contact (direct and/or indirect)
Droplet
Airborne
Vector
Common Vehicle
Disease of Silkworms investigated by Louis Pasteur
1865
Giardia lamblia discovered
1681-1975
Giardiasis is a disease caused by infection with the protozoan Giardia lamblia. Infection with Giardia can produce diarrhea, gas, and abdominal pain in some people.
Giardia lamblia was first discovered by Leeuwenhoek (1681) who found the parasite in his own {diarrheal} stools.
Louis Pasteur's formal experiments on the relationship between germ and disease
1860-1864
Carlos Finlay Identifies a Suspect - mosquitoes as the transmitting agent of Yellow Fever
08/14/1881
Bacterium Identified by Edwin Klebs - the bacterium that causes diphtheria
1883
Friedrich Loeffler was the first to cultivate Corynebacterium diphtheriae and used Koch's postulates to confirm it as the agent that caused diphtheria.
Discovery of Helicobacter pylori as the cause of most stomach ulcers