3.4 Flashcards

(21 cards)

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emerging virus

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a causative agent of a new or previously unrecognized virus infection in a population

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2
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zoonoses

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an infection of human by viruses that pre-exist in a stable relationship with non0human hosts

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3
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one health recognizes what

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health of people is connected to the health of animals and the environment

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4
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what percent of human pathogens are zoonotic

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61

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5
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not zoonotic viruses

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dengue
zika
measles
herpes
smallpox

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6
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general categories of interactions between host and virus (4)

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stable
evolving
dead end
resistent

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stable interaction

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maintains the virus in a species

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evolving interaction

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passage of virus from experienced to native populations of the same or other host species

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dead end

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one way passage from one host species to another

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10
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resistant

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host blocks infection completely

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emerging viral infections

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NEW human infections that are derived from stable pre existing host-virus relationships that serve as reservoirs for particular viruses

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12
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out of emerging pathogens ____% are zoonotic

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75

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13
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zoonotic pathogens are basically what

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emerging viral infections

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14
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reservoir

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an animal or innate object where an infectious agent lives

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15
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source of infection

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animal or object that is the origin of transmission of a disease

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vector

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a living organisms that communicates an infectious agent from an infected to a susceptible animal (mosquito)

17
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vehicle

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object acting as an intermediate between an infected hist and a receptive host (food)

18
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hotspot

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place in the world that has a high rick of emerging infectious disease events

19
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genetic drift

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mutations and repeated infections in human host

20
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genetic shift

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re-assortment and emergence of new virus and global spread

21
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emerging virus

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the causative agent of a new of previously unrecognized virus infection in a population