Control of Infectious Diseases (OCR A-Level Biology A): Flashcards
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Herd immunity
Herd immunity
High vaccination coverage preventing pathogen transmission
Ring immunity
Ring immunity
Vaccinating people near infected individual to create barrier
Antigenic drift
Antigenic drift
Small modifications in viral antigen structure
Antigenic shift
Antigenic shift
Major changes in viral antigens within same strain
Antibiotic definition
Antibiotic definition
Substance from microorganism harming/killing another microorganism
How penicillin works
How penicillin works
Inhibits transpeptidase enzyme, preventing cell wall synthesis
MRSA stands for
MRSA stands for
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MDR-TB resistant to
MDR-TB resistant to
At least isoniazid and rifampicin
Personalised medicines
Personalised medicines
Testing genomes to identify which drugs will be effective
Synthetic biology
Synthetic biology
Assembling genomes to operate cells in entirely new ways