Pathogens
Unlike chronic illnesses, this type of disease can be spread from one person to another.
What is a communicable disease?
This mode of transmission involves touching, kissing, or direct physical contact.
What is direct contact?
Anyone who has a weak immune system, and or is unvaccinated.
What is a susceptible host?
This simple hygiene practice is the #1 way to prevent the spread of most communicable diseases.
What is handwashing?
This 2020 global outbreak led to widespread use of masks and social distancing.
What is COVID-19?
These microscopic organisms, such as Strep throat, are treated with antibiotics.
What are bacteria?
Sneezing or coughing sends these small bits of moisture into the air to infect others.
What are droplets?
The place where a pathogen normally lives or resides and grows, such as a human or animal body.
What is a reservoir?
These are used to train the immune system to recognize and fight specific viruses or bacteria.
What are vaccines?
This term describes an outbreak of a disease that has spread across several countries or continents.
What is a pandemic?
This type of pathogen requires a living host cell to replicate and causes illnesses like the flu.
What is a virus?
An inanimate object, like a doorknob or phone, that spreads germs is this type of contact.
What is indirect contact?
The mouth, nose, or a break in the skin serves as this "portal" for a pathogen to get inside.
What is a portal of entry?
While antibiotics kill bacteria, these specific medications are used to manage viral infections.
What are antivirals?
Large outbreaks can cause this strain and stress where hospitals run out of beds or supplies.
What is a hospital strain?
Ringworm and Athlete's foot are common infections caused by this type of pathogen.
What is fungi?
This term describes insects like mosquitoes or ticks that carry and transmit diseases.
What is a vector?
This describes the specific way a germ moves from one place to another.
What is the mode of transmission?
This word describes the act of separating people who were exposed to a disease to see if they get sick.
What is quarantine?
This 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa highlighted the danger of highly lethal, direct-contact viruses.
What is Ebola?
This category of pathogen includes organisms like malaria-causing plasmodium that live off a host.
What are parasites?
Cholera is a primary example of a disease spread through this specific "borne" pathway.
What is water borne?
Breaking any single part in this six-step process will do this to the spread of disease.
What is stop/prevent the infection?
PPE stands for this, which includes items like masks, gloves, and face shields.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
TIE BREAKER IF NECESSARY NOT RELATED TO THE SLIDES.
What's the the name of the thing on the end of the shoelace?
"A-G-L-E-T! Don't forget it!"