Match what you observed in the video of Neisseria meningitidis to the seven steps a pathogen takes to cause disease. 1.

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Match what you observed in the video of Neisseria meningitidis to the seven steps a pathogen takes to cause disease. 1. Meningococci are commonly carried asymptomatically in the nasopharynx. 2. Bacteria spread to new hosts through respiratory droplets shared between people in close quarters. Maintain reservoir V Evade defenses 3. Virulent strains of the bacteria may overcome host defenses and adhere to epithelial cells. Exit host 4. Bacteria move through mucosal tissues in the nasal cavity to get into the bloodstream. Transmit and Enter host Attach 5. The pathogen escapes from patrolling macrophages with its capsule. Multiply and cause damage. Invade deeper. 6. The pathogens divide frequently and shed outer membrane in the form of vesicles or blebs. 7. After the pathogen uses host resources to grow to sufficient numbers it leaves from the nasopharynx. 4