{"id":502,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-08-09T12:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T12:38:24","slug":"infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"Infections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zQGOcOUBi6s\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">An infection is the colonization of a host organism by a foreign organism. The infecting organism seeks to utilize the host\u2019s resources to multiply. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The infecting organism, or <\/span><\/span><span style=\"6px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pathogen\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">pathogen<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">, interferes with the normal functioning of the host. Its response is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inflammation\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">inflammation<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/Rhinovirus-3-protein-capsid.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"150\" \/><a href=\"?p=503\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Rhinovirus 3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Many individuals develop a variety of infections but quickly overcome them. Some develop persistent infections, which are mostly caused by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virus\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">viruses<\/span><\/a> and not bacteria.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">An infectious disease can be transmitted by a parasite. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parasitic_disease\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Parasitic diseases<\/span><\/a> can affect almost all living organisms. Some parasites like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toxoplasma_gondii\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Toxoplasma gondii<\/span><\/a> can cause disease directly, but other organisms can cause a disease by the toxins that they produce.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2014%20pics\/Toxoplasma_gondii.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"303\" \/><strong><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"?p=631\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">Dividing Toxoplasma parasites<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=1029\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An infection is the colonization of a host organism by a foreign organism. The infecting organism seeks to utilize the host\u2019s resources to multiply. The infecting organism, or pathogen, interferes with the normal functioning of the host. Its response is inflammation. Rhinovirus 3 Many individuals develop a variety of infections but quickly overcome them. 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