Download Immune Response to Infectious Diseases Objective Questions 1

Immune Response to Infectious Diseases Objective Questions
1. What are the major groups of pathogens? Provide examples of diseases caused by each
of the groups.
2. In general, why are infectious diseases such a huge problem world wide?
3. What is the basic structure of a virus?
4. Explain the viral replication process, in generic terms.
5. Describe the host immune response to viral infection. Be sure to discuss the innate
response as well as the humoral and cell-mediated adaptive responses. What role do
INF- and INF-play in host antiviral activity?
6. Describe mechanism viruses have evolved to evade complement-mediated damage.
(This question comes from the complement system objectives!). Provide examples of
mechanisms that viruses use to evade the host immune system.
7. Summarize the host immune response to extracellular bacterial infection. Provide
specific examples of how the host immune system responds to the four primary steps in
bacterial infection and how bacteria may evade those host immune responses.
8. How are parasites categorized? Provide examples of each.
9. Why is it particularly difficult for the vertebrate immune system to fight off parasitic
infections?
10. Provide examples of protozoan parasite immune evasion mechanisms.
11. Describe the host immune response to parasitic infection.
12. Describe the classification of fungal diseases based on the site of infection.
13. Distinguish between primary and opportunistic virulence in fungi.
14. Summarize the host immune response to fungal infection and provide examples of
how fungi evade the host immune response.
Definitions
Pathogens
Pathogenesis
Infectious diseases
Parasite
Mycoses