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What make up the chain of infection?
The chain of infection describes the situations that lead to acquiring a pathogen. The links are: infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit from the reservoir, mode of transmission, and portal of entry into a susceptible host.
What are pathrogens?
A pathogen or infectious agent is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host.
Is An infectious agent prefers to live outside of a host true or false?
false
What is caused by the multiplication of a small infectious agent which invades a host cell and then destroys it?
virus
what does a pathagen do?
A pathogen is any infectious agent/organism that brings disease when comes in contact with a host.
What is Agent host?
A host agent is the agent for a host company.
Chain of infection for biological agents?
The chain of infection for biological agents begins with the etiological agent and includes the reservoir, the portal of exit, and the mode of transmission. The portal of entry and the susceptible host end the chain.
Six essential factors in the development of the infection process?
The six essential factors in the development of the infection process are the infectious agent (pathogen), reservoir (source of pathogen), portal of exit from reservoir, mode of transmission, portal of entry into host, and the susceptible host. These factors work together to allow the pathogen to infect and establish itself in the host, leading to disease.
A pathogen that passes from one host to another Toxic or infectious?
It is infectious.
What is a hosting agent?
A host agent is the agent for a host company.
What stage is it when a virus enters a host cell?
The virus enters the host cell in the penetration phase.
What is epidemiological triangle?
The epidemiological triangle or epidemiological triad is a model describing the factors involved for an infectious disease. On one of each of the three ends is the host, the agent and the environment:The Host: the living organism which is capable of being infectedThe Agent: the factor that must be present or missing for the disease to occurThe Environment: the extrinsic force(s) or situation affecting the host's opportunity to be exposed to the agent
