Infectious Diseases
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Which of the following is NOT a potential source of pathogenic organisms causing infectious diseases?

  • Animals
  • People
  • Normal microbiota (correct)
  • Insect vectors
  • What is the term used to describe the complex ecosystem of microbes that humans and other animals harbor?

  • Microbiome (correct)
  • Virulence
  • Microenvironmental niches
  • Pathogenic organisms
  • Under what conditions can even commensal microbiota cause symptomatic infections?

  • When normal host defenses are breached or attenuated (correct)
  • When the environment is contaminated
  • When potential pathogens are present
  • When the microbiome is disrupted
  • What is the role of commensal organisms in preventing infectious diseases?

    <p>They fill microenvironmental niches</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does the review of infectious disease start according to the text?

    <p>At the beginning of the process</p> Signup and view all the answers

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