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| AN ORGANISM THAT HARBORS A VIRUS OR PARASITE |
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| an organism capable of causing disease |
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| THE ACT OF A MICROORGANISM INVADING A PT, GROWING AND MULTIPLYING BUT NOT CAUSING DISEASE |
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| A PLACE WHERE A PATHOGEN CAN SURVIVE BUT MAY OR MAY NOT MULTIPLY |
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| SOMETHING THAT IS USED AS A MEANS OF TRANSMISSION(SUCH AS AN INSECT) |
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| REFERS TO THE TIME ELAPSED BETWEEN WXPOSURE TO A PATHOGENIC ORGANISM, OR CHEMICAL OR RADIATION AND WHEN SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS ARE FIRST APPARENT |
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| INTERVAL WHEN ACUTE SYMPTOMS OF INFECTION DISAPPEAR(NOT SICK BUT NOT WELL) |
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| REFERS TO THE OCCURRENCE OF EARLY SYMPTOMS THAT INDICATE THE ONSET OF A DISEASE PROCESS |
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| INTERVAL WHEN CLIENT MANIFESTS SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS SPECIFIC TO THE TYPE OF INFECTION |
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| REDNESS, SWELLING OR DRAINAGE |
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| FEVER, FATIGUE, NAUSEA,AND GENERAL MALAISE |
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| WBC OVER WHAT IS AN INFECTION |
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| A PERSON WHO IS SEPTIC WBC CAN BE HOW HIGH |
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| STERILE, REFERS TO THE ABSENCE OF DISEASE CAUSING MICROORGANISMS |
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| NONSTERILE, SOMETIMES CALLED CLEAN THEHNIQUE INCLUDES MEASURES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ORGANISMS PRESENT AND TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF ORGANISMS |
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| REMOVAL OF ALL SOIL AND OBJECTS FROM A SURFACE |
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| A PROCESS THAT ELIMINATES MANY OR ALL MICROORGANISMS,WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SPORES FROM A SURFACE |
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| THE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF ALL MICROORGANISMS, INCLUDING SPORES |
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| THE BODYS MECHANISMS TO REGULATE THE BALANCE BETWEEN HEAT LOSS AND HEAT PRODUCTION |
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| THERMOREGULATION IS CONTROLLED BY |
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