Highlight the important concepts of microbe-human interaction in health and in i

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Highlight the important concepts of microbe-human interaction in health and in infection and disease.

Outline and discuss the body’s immune system: 1st Line of Immunity, 2nd Line of Immunity and 3rd Line of Immunity (specific or acquired immunity).

Explain the phenotypic, genotypic, and immunologic methods to identify pathogens and diagnose infections.

Discuss in detail the structure and disease process of the pathogens associated with human disease including: Gram (+) and Gram (-) cocci, Gram (+) and Gram (-) bacilli and miscellaneous bacterial pathogens.

Discuss in detail the structure and disease process of the pathogens associated with human disease including: fungi, parasites and viruses.

Discuss at least 3 important topics related to the course content for Modules 6-9 as a tool to prepare for the final assessment.

Explanation / Answer

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Microbes are omnivores and are constantly encoountered by humans.
2.
Microbes when encounters the body, may colonize and may/may not cause harm to body because of virulence factors.
3.
Virulence factors disrupts the normal functionof tissues in the body and cause disease.
4.
Disease follow a pattern namely, incubation period, invasion period, and convalescent period.
5.
Once disease is manifested, it might or may not transmit from one individual to other.

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