1. Discuss how a pathogen causes an infection. Include
definitions for primary pathogen, opportunistic pathogen,
infection, disease (caused by a living organism), and various
stages of pathogenesis. You can choose a specific organism to
describe (like Orthomyxovirus and Influenza) or discuss a
generalized infection.
2.
Describe each type of infection in the following list and
include the mode of transmission in each scenario. Use terms such
as primary, secondary, healthcare-associated, STI, mixed, latent,
toxemia, chronic, zoonotic, asymptomatic, local, and systemic...