Question

define each of the following terms given below

resovoir of infection

microbiota

systemic infection

vector

etiology

Answer 1

Reservoir of infection : Reservoir of infection a subtances ,which may be livingbeing or non livingbeing like any person, soil, plant, animal etc. In where infectious agent can normally lives and reproduce without any injury .

Microbiota : microbiota means ecological communities of microognism .They may be pathogenic or symbiotic . They mainly fouund in all multicellular organism.

Systemic infection : systemic infection means infection occurs in entire body .Systemic infection differ from local infection because local infection occurs in particular organ or area ,where systemic infection occurs entire body .

Vector : vector is an organism ,they can spread disease from one host to another but they do never cause disease itself . eg: mosquito

Etiology : etiology term is mainly used to study the cause of a disease or origin of a disease .