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Q: What term is used to describe an infection that infects the entire body?
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What is a infection that travels throughtout the body called?

systemic; one that travels and infects the whole body.


What the difference between local and systemic infections?

A local infection infects only the area where it made initial contact in or on the body, like the infection in a cut after the cut gets dirty and is not properly cleaned. A systemic infection spreads via the blood throughout the body.


What do plasmodium infects in the human body before causing the cells to burst?

Infection allows the pathogen to enter human cells. Without infection plasmodium or any other pathogen can not enter the cells.


Systemic?

DefinitionSystemic means "affecting the entire body," rather than a single organ or body part.For example, systemic disorders such as high blood pressure or systemic diseases such as influenza affect the entire body.An infection that is in the bloodstream is called a systemic infection. An infection that affects only one body part or organ is called a localized infection.


Which means of poisoning infects the body in the fastest way?

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What is kidney Infection describe?

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Why does the body have an infection without a temperature?

this the body get infection?


Lymph nodes located in the armpits?

Lymph nodes are located throughout the entire body, linked by the lymphatic vessels.


Is an infection the presence of an allergen in or on the body?

No, an infection is the presence of pathorgen In or on the body


How do you cure strangles?

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What is the invasion of the body by a disease producing organism?

The answer is....infection


Does tuberculosis cause death or just sickness?

ys it does because because bacteria infects inside your body