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MicroBio 5
Microbioal Pathogenesis
Term | Definition |
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Pathogenicity | Capacity to produce disease |
Virulence | The intesnity of disease |
Virulence Factor | Help bac to invade the host, cause disease, evade host defences. |
Adherence factor | The use of pili to adhere to cells |
Invasion Factor | Surface components that allow the bacterium to invade host cells can be encoded on plasmids but more often on chromosome. |
Capsules | Protection from opsonization and phagocytosis |
Endotoxin | The lipopolysaccharide produced by gram negative bac. |
Siderophores | Iron-binding factors that allow some bacteria to compete with the host for iron. |