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Microbe-Human Interaction
infection, disease, and epidemiology
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 3
04/08/2014

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Term
normal flora
Definition
microbes that engage in mutual or commensal associatins
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infection
Definition
a condition in which pathogenic microbes penetrate host defenses, enter tissues and multiply
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pathogen
Definition
infectious agent
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infectious disease
Definition
an infections that causes damage or disruption to tissues and organs
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transients
Definition
microbes that occupy the body only for short periods of time
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residents
Definition
microbes that become established
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microbial antagonism
Definition
bacterial flora benefit host by preventing harmful overgrowth of harmful microbes
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endogenous infections
Definition
occur when normal flora is introduced to a site that was previously sterile
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