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Infection is a primary cause of disease.  Three pathways of infection are identified: bacterial, viral, and parasitic.  In all three cases, microorganisms can display similar characteristics.  They can manifest as '''primary (obligate) pathogens''' or '''secondary (opportunistic) pathogens''', the former of which always corresponds to disease, and the latter of which depends on prerequisites being fulfilled before causing disease.  As such, secondary pathogens can be found in healthy animals, but they lie in wait until a primary cause compromises the immune system and then manifest symptoms.  Secondary pathogens can even masquerade as '''commensal''' organisms, or those which operate in harmony with the animal, until they become pathogenic.
 
  
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Microorganisms can enter the body by three routes: '''contact''' (typically dermatological infection), '''aerosol''' (typically respiratory infection), or '''orofecal''' (typically enteric infection).  Infection can be either '''exogenous''' (via entry to epithelial surfaces) or '''endogenous''' (intracellular, extracellular, or vesicular).
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One of the main causes of disease is infection by microorganisms, with four types so far identified:
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A fifth controversial type are Pirons, which are infectious proteins that are believed to be the cause of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and the human variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD).<br />
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[[Image:Virus structure.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Virus Structure - B. Catchpole, RVC 2008]]
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Viruses are very simple structures that do not carry any cellular machinery of their own.  They depend on host cells to replicate and flourish.  As such, their structure is streamlined, containing only:
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*Primary pathogens ('''obligate'''): presence always corresponds with disease
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All of these elements can be recognized by the host as foreign material, and will provoke an immune response. Viruses have an advantage if they are able to penetrate host cell walls in that they are then capable of masquerading as host cells.  The immune system must then counter by killing off host cells it recognizes as infected.
 
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Microorganisms can enter the body by three routes:
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*'''Contact''': typically seen in dermatological infections
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**Transformation: the virus incorporates into the host genome, activating an '''oncogene''', which causes cells to become neoplastic
 
  
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**The adaptive immune system has two main ways of dealing with viral infection: the first targets viruses in its initial extracellular phase, the second targets infected host cells:
 
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***'''B-lymphocytes''' are capable of producing Antibody to neutralize the spike proteins of the viral lipid envelope, preventing the virus from attaching to host cells
 
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Antibiotics cannot treat viral infection.  While anti-viral therapies do exist, they are costly and often ineffective.  The alternatives, therefore, include '''vaccination''' (priming the immune response to create memory lymphocytes for a particular virus) or '''eradication'''.
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Latest revision as of 09:28, 24 May 2012

Introduction

One of the main causes of disease is infection by microorganisms, with four types so far identified:

A fifth controversial type are Pirons, which are infectious proteins that are believed to be the cause of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and the human variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD).

All exist as either:

  • Primary pathogens (obligate): presence always corresponds with disease
  • Secondary (opportunistic): prerequisites must be fulfilled before disease occurs

Microorganisms can enter the body by three routes:

  • Contact: typically seen in dermatological infections
  • Aerosol: typically respiratory infections
  • Orofecal:typically enteric infections


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References

  • Murphy, K., Travers, P. and Walport, M. (2008) Janeway's Immunobiology. 7th ed. New York: Garland Science Publishing.


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