Infection and Immunity

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Decks in this class (20)

Host pathogen interactions
What are the three domains of the...,
Pathogenicity,
Virulence
13  cards
Airborne Infections
Human respiratory tract and its d...,
Alveolar macrophage,
Alveolar inflammatory innate resp...
21  cards
Sexually transmitted infections
Stis very common,
Stis are inctreasing,
Top 10 stis
20  cards
Nosocomial infections
Ignaz semmelweiss 1847,
Joseph lister 1865,
Exogenous sources
28  cards
Food-borne bacterial infections
Defences against infection in the...,
How do pathogens overcome defence...,
Food borne disease
20  cards
Water-borne Bacterial Infections
Examples of pathogenic organisms ...,
2 main ways of eliminating water ...,
Cholera 1854 john snow
25  cards
Fungal Pathogens
Phytopathogens,
Saprophytic fungi,
General properties of fungi
18  cards
Human African trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis
Kinetoplastida the order,
Human african trypanosomiasis hat,
Sleeping sickness facts
29  cards
Malaria
Plasmodium parasite,
Lifecycles,
Signs and symptoms
17  cards
Geohelminths
Geohelminths,
Ascaris lumbricoides,
Hookworm second most common helmi...
8  cards
Filariasis
The guinea worm,
Filariasis,
3 groups according to the niche t...
13  cards
Schistosomiasis and tapeworms
Flukes,
Tapeworms,
Schistosoma mansoni egg in liver
8  cards
Retroviruses
Key features of retroviruses,
A simple retrovirus genome,
Retroviruses infect cells by bind...
17  cards
Measles and Morbilliviruses
What are morbilliviruses,
Origin of measles virus,
Measles
12  cards
Hepatitis C
Viral hepatitis,
Identification of hepatitis c virus,
Hcv cloning
11  cards
HIV and AIDS
Hiv and aids,
Origin of hiv,
Kaposis sarcoma
21  cards
Viral Haemorrhagic fevers
Common features of vhfs viral hae...,
Baltimore classification of viruses,
4 virus families contain members ...
21  cards
Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis,
Polio,
Salk vaccine 1955
16  cards
Influenza
Clinical influenza,
Clinical pathogenesis,
Spanish flu 1918 19pandemic
14  cards
Prions and the other...
Transmissable tumours,
The spongiform encephalopathies o...,
Tses transmissible spongiform enc...
11  cards

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