{"id":687,"date":"2023-12-04T10:27:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/chapter\/microbial-mechanisms-of-pathogenicity\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T10:27:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:27:47","slug":"microbial-mechanisms-of-pathogenicity","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/chapter\/microbial-mechanisms-of-pathogenicity\/","title":{"raw":"Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity","rendered":"Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity"},"content":{"raw":"\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nBy the end of this section you will be able to:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Define and provide examples of each of the following:&nbsp; Pathogenicity (virulence), Virulence Factors, Infectious and Lethal Dose, Primary and Opportunistic Pathogens, Portals of Entry and Exit, Disease Transmission, Endotoxins, Exotoxins, Adhesins, Antigenic Variation<\/li>\n \t<li>Describe virulence factors that are unique to bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa and helminths.<\/li>\n \t<li>Briefly discuss the stages of pathogenesis that ensues upon infection as a result of each virulence factor.<\/li>\n \t<li>Compare different endotoxins, exotoxins, adhesins as well as means of microbial motility and transmission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<em>*Action item - Zo\u00eb (will complete this section)<\/em>\n\nIn this section, we will define the following terms and provide examples of each:\n<ol>\n \t<li>Pathogenicity (virulence), Virulence Factors<\/li>\n \t<li>Infectious and Lethal Dose<\/li>\n \t<li>Primary and Opportunistic Pathogens<\/li>\n \t<li>Portals of Entry and Exit, Disease Transmission<\/li>\n \t<li>Endotoxins, Exotoxins, Adhesins, Antigenic Variation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nFollowing this, we will:\n\na)<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">&nbsp;describe virulence factors that are unique to bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa and helminths.<\/span>\n\nb) briefly discuss the stages of pathogenesis that ensues upon infection as a result of each virulence factor.\n\nc) compare different endotoxins, exotoxins, adhesins as well as means of microbial motility and transmission.\n","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>By the end of this section you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define and provide examples of each of the following:&nbsp; 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