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non persistent infection without symptomatic relapses and remission
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What does a provirus cause?
a latent infection
How are acute chronic and latent infections different?
Latent infection is different because the infection be present,but not causing no symptoms that what makes this infection different from acute and chronic infections.
Which microbes could cause infection?
There are several types of microbes that could cause infection and they may be acute chronic or latent infections. A microbe that could cause an acute infection is rhinovirus, one that could cause a chronic infection is hepatitis C and one that could cause a latent infection is herpes zoster.
Is the latent stage of an infectious disease the same as the pathogenic stage?
No, the latent stage of an infection is when the pathogen isn't causing symptoms or damage. The pathogenic stage is when the pathogen is causing symptoms or damage.
What percent of the worlds population carry latent TB infection?
About 30% of the worlds' population carries TB.
What is the difference between latent infection and inapparent infection?
An inapparent infection occurs when a susceptible person is exposed to an agent, is consequently infected, but neverdevelops clinical symptoms (subclinical). An inapparent infection may result in immunity - but they may not develop immunity and could even become a carrier.In contrast, an exposed susceptible person may develop symptoms (clinical infection), but later enter a period where they no longer exhibit those symptoms. This person would be said to have a "latent infection". They have not recovered - they are still infected -- and they might start to exhibit clinical symptoms later.Exposed ---- Infected ------ no symptoms --------------------------------------> Resolution INAPPARENT INFECTIONExposed ---- Infected ----- symptoms ----no symptoms ---- symptoms ----> Resolution|< Latent Infection>|- Dominick A. Leone -
How do incubation periods differ from latency periods?
Incubation period is the period between infection and clinical onset of the disease, and latent period is the time from infection to infectiousness.
Viruses that causes infection resulting in alternating periods of activity with symptoms and inactivity without symptoms are called?
Latent
An example of a latent viral infection is?
During a latent infection, the viral genome is present within the host's cells but it is not being replicated nor is any cellular destruction taking place. Some viruses for which latent infection in the main type of host-virus interaction are:Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)Herpes Simplex virus (HSV)Varicella Zoster virus (VZV)Cytomegalovirus (CMV)Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
Can you have AIDS symptoms 6 months afetr infection?
AIDS or HIV is a latent disease. It can show up years after contracting the disease.
Is leukemia active or latent?
latent
What is latent?
Latent is when something is there, but not realized; it is hidden.
