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What is a saprotroph?
A pathogen that can exist on dead or decaying material in the absence of the host.
What in a vaccine makes the immune system respond?
A dead or very weak form of the disease.
What do you get if you wanted to boost your immune response to a specific pathogen?
You'd most likely want to expose yourself to a "dead" version of that pathogen via vaccination.
Why are there particles not absorbed by blood vessels?
it is not absorbed because of dead cells, or pathogen!
What is a dead or altered viruses or bacteria that are used to stimulate the body to be on alert are called?
Dead or altered viruses or bacteria that are used to stimulate the body's immune response are called vaccines. Vaccines contain weakened or inactivated forms of the pathogen, or certain proteins or subunits of the pathogen, to trigger an immune response without causing the disease. This allows the body to recognize and fight the pathogen more effectively if encountered in the future.
Explain the principles of Immunization against communicable diseases?
a weaker/dead form of the pathogen is introduced to allow the body to produce the correct antibodies and make a memory-B cell that stimulates a faster immune response if the same pathogen is encountered a second time, preventing a full scale infection and making you "immune" to that pathogen
What is an avirulent pathogen?
An 'avirulent' pathogen is a pathogen which is not virulent.This is similar to 'atypical' which means 'not typical'
What makes a pathogen a true pathogen?
The dimention
What is an pathogen to measles?
Technically a 'pathogen' IS measels. A pathogen is a fancy name for Bacteria. And a pathogen is a bacteria that IS a certin disease. Hencforth, the answer to your question would be measles IS its own pathogen.
What is pathogen diseases?
pathogen means microorganism, so pathogen diseases means diseases caused by microorganisms
How many people does this pathogen affect?
You have to specify the pathogen.
What does not contribute to the virulence of a pathogen?
There are infinitely many things that do not contribute to the virulence of a pathogen. Elvis does not contribute to the virulence of a pathogen.
