During penetration of E. coli by the T4 phage. lysozyme is used to allow entry of the phage capsid. the tail acts as a hypodermic needle, injecting the phage DNA into the cell. the protein fibers digest a hole in the cell wall. the bacterial receptor molecules open a hole through the cell wall.
Transmission of Strongyloidiasis from Person to Person. Strongyloidiasis is considered infectious but is not transmitted from person to person. Generally, a disease like this is caused by an infectious agent and not spread between people. Strongyloidiasis, although infectious, is not a genetic disease.It is not caused by a defective or abnormal gene.ransmission of Strongyloidiasis from Person to Person. Strongyloidiasis is considered infectious but is not transmitted from person to person. Generally, a disease like this is caused by an infectious agent and not spread between people. Strongyloidiasis, although infectious, is not a genetic disease.
Threadworm infection, which is also called strongyloidiasis, occurs in most countries of the world but is natural to (endemic in) tropical and subtropical climates.Strongyloidiasis is less common than other parasitic infections but may affect as much as 25% of the population in some developing countries.efinition. Threadworm infection is an intestinal disease, which occasionally spreads to the skin, caused by a type of parasitic roundworm (helminth). In untreated patients, the disease has a high rate of reinfection caused by worms already present in the body. This type of disease recurrence is called autoinfection.