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Viruses and Bacterias Flashcards

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135421370Epidemiologythe study of factors determining and influencing the frequency and distribution of disease and their causes in human populations
135421371virusnon-living parasitic particle that can only reproduce inside a host cell
135421372capsidprotein coat of a virus around a strand of genetic material
135421373envelopebilipid membrane around the capsid of a virus
135421374Lytic infectionvirus invades cell and replicates itseld over and over until the cell burst; virus is virulent because it destroys cells they infect
135421375Lysogenic infectionvirus inserts its DNA into the host, but does not replicate right away. temperate
135421376Retrovirusescontain RNA instead of DNA. once inside the cell they produce a DNA copy from their RNA with reverse transcriptase
135421377Vaccinationused to prevent diseases caused by viruses. no cure for viral infections. composed of weakened form of the virus
135421378canceroncogenic viruses disrupt the normal cell cycle
135421379EbolaHemorrhagic fever. liquefies the internal organs. blood seeps from body. fruit bat carries it
135421380Marburghemorrhagic fever. liquefies internal organs. monkeys had it
135421381HIVretrovirus thats causes AIDS. Blood pathogen that works against the immune system
135421382Coldrespiratory illness cause by viruses. adenovirus, mild, runny/stuffy nose
135421383Flurespiratory illness cause by viruses. influenza virus. can lead to hospitalization, pneumonia, death. fever, body aches, tiredness, dry cough
135421384Smallpoxeasily spread. vaccine eradicated the disease. victims are covered with yellow painful blisters.
135421385West Nile Virusspread by the bite of an infected mosquito. mosquitoes become infected by biting sick birds. victims get headaches, high fevers, convulsions, vision loss, or neurological problems
135421386Polioinfects spinal cord causing paralysis. mostly children and young adults.
135421387Chicken Pox/Shinglescaused by varicella-zoster herpesvirus. skin rash and fever. chicken pox only once, but can reappear as shingles.
135421388Severe Acute Respiratory SyndromeRNA virus in China
135421389Hantaviruscommon in rodents in the Southwest, USA. people who inhaled dried feces/urine became sick and some died
135421390Rabies Viruscarried in mammal saliva. works on central nervous system. fever,headache to depression, inability to swallow causing suffocation
135421391Hepatitusinflammation of the liver A,E-fecally contaminated food B,C,D- sexual contact/infected blood
135421392Swine Fluname comes from genes it shares with pig flu, avian and human genes. more problems for older people.
136007061methanogenesbacteria that convert hydrogen and CO2 into energy
136007062thermoacidophilesbacteria that live in acidic high temperatures
136007063halophilesbacteria that live in high salt content
136007064conjunctionharing of DNA between two bacteria
136007065transductiona virus carries DNA between bacteria
136007066Cocciround shaped bacteria
136007067Bacillirod shaped bacteria
136007068Spirillaspiral shaped bacteria
136007069Gram positiveabsorb purple stain in large peptidoglycan cell wall
136007070gram negativeabsorb pink stain have small complicated cell wall

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