During the ______ stage of infectious disease, the individual has the first symptoms, which often include mild fatigue.
A man developed an upper respiratory infection 3 days after his sick daughter sneezed in his face. His infection had a 3-day ___________ period.
The technical term for fungal infection is _____.
Plasmodium replication occurs in _____ and often causes _____ from lysing them.
Bacteria that produce _____________ are resistant to many of the penicillins.
The transmission of an infection from one person to another requires five unbroken events in a chain. These are: _________, _________, ________, ________, and ________.
Certain characteristics increase the risk for contracting an infection and should prompt diligence in prevention and assessment for infection. These include ________ , ________, ________, ________, and ________.
When no signs or symptoms of disease are present, the presence of microorganisms on the skin and mucous membranes is called ________.
Most microorganisms that affect humans remain in the extracellular space; however, ________ must gain entry into cells to establish an infection.