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True pathogens can cause illness in a completely healthy person. They will cause sickness in a normal, uncompromised immune system.
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∙ 9y ago
A true pathogen is a microorganism that can cause disease in healthy individuals with normal immune systems. Examples include certain types of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites that are capable of causing illness without the need for any predisposing conditions.
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∙ 10y agoA true pathogen is capable of causing certain diseases in a person's body because it capitalizes on a body when the body's immune defenses are compromised. Examples are influenza and plague.
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What is a true pathogen and an opportunistic pathogen?
True Pathogen- are capable of causing disease in healthy persons with normal immune defenses ex. influenza virus, plague bacillus, and ect Opportunistic pathogen- cause disease when the host's defenses are compromised or when they grow in part of the body that is not natural to them
What is an avirulent pathogen?
An avirulent pathogen is a pathogen that is unable to cause disease in its host. This may be due to mutations that have reduced its ability to infect or harm the host, making it less pathogenic compared to a virulent 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.
What word is used to describe an infectious agent?
The word is pathogen.
What Microorganisms to which this pathogen belongs?
This pathogen belongs to the Microorganism group of bacteria.
What makes a pathogen a true pathogen?
The dimention
When the body is invaded by a pathogen it starts to make antigens..is this true or false?
True
What has to be true for the successful development of a vaccine to be used against a pathogen?
It is necessary that the surface antigens of the pathogen remain unchanged
Infected cells have some of the pathogen's proteins on their surfaces?
true
What is a true pathogen and an opportunistic pathogen?
True Pathogen- are capable of causing disease in healthy persons with normal immune defenses ex. influenza virus, plague bacillus, and ect Opportunistic pathogen- cause disease when the host's defenses are compromised or when they grow in part of the body that is not natural to them
True or false Vaccination triggers an immune response against the pathogen by simulating an infection?
True
Is this statement true or false There is only one kind of pathogen?
scientifically speaking the answer is false.
What pathogen was the first true vaccine protected against a disease called?
small pox
What true or false If the physician is not able to diagnosis the disease from the patients clinical signs and symptoms laboratory tests may be used to help the physician identify the pathogen?
True
What true or false the medical assistant does not need to worry about contamination because the specimen has already been exposed to a pathogen?
False
What is pathogen diseases?
pathogen means microorganism, so pathogen diseases means diseases caused by microorganisms
What is an avirulent pathogen?
An avirulent pathogen is a pathogen that is unable to cause disease in its host. This may be due to mutations that have reduced its ability to infect or harm the host, making it less pathogenic compared to a virulent pathogen.
