Diseases Fact File
Posted on Saturday, May 8, 2010
- The usual sites for human tapeworms are pylorus and pancreatic duct.
- Poxviruses are the largest and most complex of all animal viruses.
- Candida albicans is the etiologic agent of Thrush.
- Corynebacterium diphtheria is the principal human pathogen due to potent exotoxin on a variety of tissues.
- Inanimate objects that harbour and transmit pathogens are called formites.
- The Presence of bacteria in blood is called Bacteremia.