Diseases
Diseases caused by ingestion of harmful micro-organisms like bacteria
What is a Pathogenic Disease?
Engulfs and digests harmful pathogens
What is a phagocyte?
Spreads diseases from one host to another
What is a Vector?
My acronym is HIV
What is Human Immunodeficiency Virus?
What is Smallpox, Polio, Measles or Covid-19?
A disease caused by a body's lack of nutrients
What is a Deficiency Disease?
Prevents excessive blood loss when a vessel is injured
What is Blood Clotting?
Bites to get blood from host and reproduce
What is a female mosquito?
Develops into AIDS if left untreated
What is HIV?
I contain weakened, killed, or parts of microorganisms
What is a Vaccine?
Affects the protein haemoglobin in red blood cells
What is Sickle Cell anemia?
The immunity that produces its own antibodies
What is Natural Active Immunity?
What is the Pupal Stage?
Bacterium that causes gonorrhea
What is Neisseria gonorrhoeae?
What is Immunization?
Weakened body organs or systems that lead to illness
What is a Physiological Disease?
Releases clotting factors
What is Platelets?
Removing stagnant water kills them
What is Egg stage? OR What is Larvae Stage?
If a woman has me they experience Vaginal discharge and lower abdominal pain
What is Gonorrhea?
When enough people are immunized to reduce disease spread and protect others, we are called...
What is Herd Immunity?
I was born with this disease
What is a Hereditary Disease?
Converts fibrinogen into fibrin during clot formation
What is Thrombin?
Injects saliva containing Plasmodium protozoa into hosts bloodstream
What is the Anopheles Mosquito?
A major(s) implication(s) of STIs on society
What is Infertility, Discrimination, Pregnancy Complications?
Protects people indirectly by reducing disease transmission in the population
What is the Importance of Immunization?