Medical Terminology Definitions Quiz

<p>One or more epidemiologically connected populations or environments maintaining the pathogen permanently</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The presence of virions in the blood</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Invasiveness</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Loss of virulence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Persistent infection characterized by the presence of an intact viral genome</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Process through which healthy cells become transformed into cancer cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Failure of the host to clear the infection (usually following an acute stage)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Viral infection that leads to the production of progeny virions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The viral load that the body settles at within a few weeks to months after infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Low-level viral replication despite an efficient immune response</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A nonessential gene which, when expressed, increases the virulence of an organism</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Viral infection that leads to host cell immortalization (cell transformation)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Morphologic change brought to the cell as a consequence of viral infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Colonization always leads to disease, while infection may or may not lead to disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tropism is the predilection to infect certain cells, tissues, organs, or systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vector is an agent that transmits a disease organism from one host to another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reservoir is one or more epidemiologically connected populations or environments in which the pathogen can be permanently maintained and from which infection is transmitted.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mixture of viruses present in a host at one time that are derived from the common ancestral virus that first infected the host</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The capacity of a virus to enter and cause damage to a tissue</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Failure of the host to clear the infection (usually following an acute stage)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Persistent infection characterized by the presence of an intact viral genome, little or no macromolecule synthesis, and the potential to reactivate and generate virion progeny</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Viral infection that does not lead to the production of progeny virions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organism’s relative capacity to cause disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The viral load that the body settles at within a few weeks to months after infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Morphologic change brought to the cell as a consequence of viral infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mutational load that leads to viral genome degradation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Viral infection that leads to host cell immortalization (cell transformation)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Low-level viral replication despite an efficient immune response</p> Signup and view all the answers