Interspecific interactions: Infections disease

Infection disease

____ ____ is an interspecific interaction in all communities

Symbiosis

Infectious Disease Is A Type Of ____ Between A Host And A Pathogen

Microbe

The pathogen is a ____ species that gets its nutrients from its host species

●Bacteria

●Fungi

●Prions

●Protozoa

●Viroids

●Viruses

Pathogens include:

• Prokaryotes

 

●Eukaryotes -

 

•Animals

 

•Fungi

 

•Plants

 

•Protists

All Single-Cell Species And Multi-Cell Species Are Host Species which include:

Disease Symptom

The Predictable Characteristic, Or Phenotype, That Results From The Interaction Between Host And Pathogen

•The Interaction Between Host And Pathogen Generates A Third Phenotype Called Symptoms

Sign Of Disease

Direct Evidence Of -

 

•A Pathogen

 

•Part Of A Pathogen

Infectious Disease Can Be Viewed As A Complex Ecological Process

 

●The Disease Tetrahedron Includes Time As A Factor Required For Disease Development

The Disease Triangle Shows The Essential Factors That Must Interact For Disease To Develop In A Host Species In A Community

Communities

Host Species And Pathogen Species Are Members Of All ____

●The Food Web For The Highly Virulent Avian Influenza (HPAI) Strain H5N1 That Causes Bird Flu

•More Complete Food Webs Account For Pathogens

●Avoidance

 

●Behavior

 

●Disgust

 

●Migration

 

●Immunity

 

●Tolerance

Host Species Evolved Traits That Reduce Their Risk Of Infection And these traits involve:

Improved Transmission

 

●Improved Inoculation

 

●Improved Evasion And Suppression Of Host Immunity

 

●Increased Replication

Pathogens Evolved Traits That Increase Their Probability Of Infection And Reproduction And these traits include

Infectious disease

____ ____ Influences The Ecology Of Host Populations

Behavior

●Intraspecific And Interspecific Competition

●Migration

 

●Probability Of Local Extinction

●Range

 

●Rate Of Reproduction

•Parasitic Castration Occurs In Some Host Species

●Risk Of Predation

How Infectious Disease Influences Community Ecology

Food Web Disruption

 

●Habitat Modification

 

●Interspecific Competition

 

●Number And Types Of Species In A Community

 

●Spillover To Other Host Species Both Domestic And Feral

Behavior

Some Pathogens Manipulate Host ____ To Increase Their Transmission Among Host Species (Ex: Rabies)

●Wildlife Vaccination Could Be A Population‑Level Intervention To Manage Rabies

Mimic

Some Plant Pathogens ____ The Flowers Of Their Host Plant

The Pathogenic Fungus, Puccinia monoica, Causes Rust Disease In Its Host Mustard Plant (Arabis Species)

•The Infected Plants Produce Pseudoflowers, Also Called Rust Fungus Flowers, Which Are Fungus Reproductive Structures That Attract Pollinators