Basic Diseases
Diseases caused by pathogens that can spread between hosts are described by this term.
What are infectious diseases?
These are organisms or infectious agents that cause disease.
What are pathogens?
The 2 types of cells speficic to the specific immune response.
What are B and T cells.
A basic thing we can do daily to stop the spread of diseases.
What is washing hands?
the 2 broader definitions of infectious pathogens
What is living and nonliving?
Diabetes belongs to this category of disease because it is not caused by a transmissible pathogen.
What is a non-infectious disease?
A pathogen that causes influenza and must use a host cell to reproduce
What is a virus?
skin, mucous and tears
What is the first line of defense?
Targets bacteria but do not work against viruses.
What are antibiotics
A living, single celled organism that can be killed using antibiotics.
What is bacteria?
Diseases that cannot be passed on, are lifestyle based, genetics and just plain luck of the draw.
What is noninfectious diseases
This type of contagious skin infection is called ringworm but is not an actual worm
What is a fungus?
Inflammation, fever and phagocytes are associated with this line of defence.
What is the second line of defense?
Public health measure separates people who may have been exposed to an infectious disease while they are monitored.
What is quarantine?
Multi celled organism that needs a "host" to reproduce.
What is a parasite?
A type of drug, synthesised in the 1910s that can help the body fight off a particular type of pathogen
What are antibiotics?
Infectious agents are abnormally folded proteins that can cause the "laughing death" disease.
What is a Prion?
This line of defence involves specific immune responses, including antibodies and immune memory.
What is the third line of defense?
Occurs when enough people in a population are immune that disease transmission is reduced, helping protect people who are not immune.
What is herd immunity?
Mushrooms
What is a Fungus?
The ONLY type of pathogen that respond to antibiotics
What are Bacterial cells
Tuberculosis is caused by this type of pathogen and can be treated with aan intensive antiobiotic regiment.
What is a Bacteria?
This quick injection helps the body by placing inactive or dead bits of Virus in the body to trigger the bodies 3 lines of defense
What is a Vaccination?
During an outbreak of a respiratory virus, improving indoor air quality and encouraging people to stay home when sick are two examples of these.
What are infectious disease control strategies?
Needs a host cell to hijack it's DNA replicating capabilities. Causes things like the common cold, flu and COVID-19 and CAN NOT be killed with antibiotics.
What are Viruses?