HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #2 NAME ________________________
PATHOGEN TERMINOLOGY ACTIVITY DAY/TIME ____________
Instructions: Using your assigned pathogen, define the following terms and provide how
it applies to your pathogen, if it does apply.
PATHOGEN –
PARASITE –
OBLIGATE –
FREE LIVING –
VIRUS –
VIRON –
PRION –
BACTERIA –
PROTOZOAN [AKA PROTISTA] –
FUNGI –
NEMATODES –
HELMITHS –
PLATYHELMITHS –
FLUKES –
HERMAPHADITE –
ADAPTATION –
MUTATION –
DEFINITIVE HOST –
INTERMEDIARY HOST –
PARENTENIC HOST –
RESERVOIR HOST –
LIFE FORMS OR STAGES –
INFECTIVE DOSE –
LATENCY –
PERSISTENCE –
IMMUNITY –
TRANSMISSION –
AIRBORN –
WATERBORNE –
WATER-WASHED –
WATER BASED WATER RELATED INSECT VECTOR –
FECAL/ORAL ROUTE –
PERSONAL CONTACT [SKIN TO SKIN] ZOONOSIS IN PARALEL –
ZOONOSIS IN SERIES –
VECTORS –
PANDEMICS –
EPEDEMICS –
ENDEMIC –
DEATH RATE –