Communicable Disease Category
Flu, Mono, Ebola, Zika, and COVID #19
What is Viruses?
Smallest Disease-causing Pathogen
Need a host to sustain life
Can not be treated with antibiotics
What is a Virus?
Picking up pathogens from infected person
EX. Monkey Pox, Kissing
What is Direct Contact?
When you go hiking you should wear
What is long clothing?
The length of time when a disease can spread form person to person.
Strep Throat, Gonorrhea, and Pinkeye
What is Bacteria?
Resembles bacteria, but multiplies like viruses
Enters the body from bites
What is Rickettsia?
An insect like a mosquito or a flea
What is a Vector?
You should do this as many times a day as possible.
What is wash your hands?
______ have weaker immune systems, meaning they are contagious for longer.
Who are kids?
Athlete's Foot, Ringworm, and Candidiasis (oral and vaginal yeast infections)
What is Fungi?
Feeds on organic material
lives on nails, skin, and hair
What is Fungi?
Pathogens are spread through animal bite or insect
EX. Rabies, Lyme disease, West Nile, Zika
What is indirect Contact?
Occurs when you receive antibodies from another human or animal.
A network of cells, tissues, organs, and chemicals that fight off pathogens.
What is Immune System?
Malaria, Pinworm and head lice are caused by
What is Parasites
1 cell organism
You need some
Reproduce by Binary Fission
What is Bacteria?
Food/Soil/Water
What is Other Contacts?
Develops when you are exposed to antigens from invading pathogens.
A reaction to tissue damage caused by injury or infection.
What is the inflammatory response?
An illness that is transmitted from one person to another or from an animal to a person
What is Communicable Disease?
One-celled Animal
Some live in water
Found on land in decaying matter
What is Protozoa?
The spread of infectious disease from doorknobs, hand rails, or surfaces.
Indirect Contact - contaminated objects
A preparation of dead or weakened pathogens that are introduced into the body to stimulate an immune response.
What is a Vaccine?
Is a protein that acts against a specific antigen.
What is an Antibody?