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The key difference between colonization and infection is that colonization is the process of establishment of the microbe in the body tissues while infection is the process of invading body tissues by the microbe to cause the symptoms of the disease. The pathogenicity of microbes is a complete biochemical and structural process which is […]
Inflammation vs Infection Inflammation and infection are two different entities. However, infection can cause inflammation in the body. Infection is the entry and growth of organisms while inflammation is the reaction to it. What is Inflammation? Inflammation is the tissue reaction to injurious agents. When an organ is inflamed the suffix “itis” is added. […]
Food Poisoning vs Food Spoilage Food poisoning and spoilage are two different things, which affect the final quality and safety of foods. Food deterioration can occur throughout the whole period starting from the point of cultivation, until the point of consumption. Some of the deteriorations will result in low quality end product with unacceptable appearance, […]
Food Poisoning vs Food Intoxication Both food poisoning and food intoxication have more or less similar meaning. Nevertheless they are similar in the context, in most of the cases, so that it misleads the people who study the subject in depth. Both the terms can be encountered into a common subject area called food microbiology. […]
Flu vs Swine Flu Symptoms During the past hundred or so years, the word flu was aligned, with terrible amounts of casualties and emerging forms of new serovars of viruses, which jump species to cause havoc amongst the human populace. As they are viruses, we are yet to create specific antiviral and for the time […]
Infection vs Disease Infection and Disease are two words that are often confused as one and the same. In fact these two medical terms are different in their meanings. Infection is understood in the sense of contamination. Contaminating air or water with harmful organisms is said to cause infection. Infection affects a person with disease. […]
