symptoms
This is a common viral respiratory illness that causes fever, chills, fatigue and coughing
What is the flu?
This is the most effective way to kill germs
What is soap/washing hands?
This is a way of spreading disease by physical contact or exposure to fluids of an infected person
What is direct contact?
This is a microscopic non-living infectious agent that requires a host to live
What is a virus?
These medications are mostly used to treat bacterial infections
What are antibiotics?
Common in infants, this is a bacterial infection that causes flu-like symptoms and a whoop-sound when coughing
What is whooping cough?
This is a period of isolation that stops infected people from spreading disease
What is quarantine?
This is a way of spreading disease by touching contaminated surfaces
What is indirect contact?
These organism survives through stealing nutrients through a host
What are parasites?
These types of drugs manage specific viruses through slowing down their reproduction
What is antiviral?
Caused by cannibalism, this rare fatal brain disease will cause tremors, pain, inability to walk and dementia
What is kuru?
This method of safe food preperation allows you to avoid diseases like salmonella and ecoli
What is keeping meat and veg separate/ avoiding cross contamination/ cooking the food at a high temperature?
Pathogens use these living organisms as forms of transport to another host
What are vectors?
This is a microscopic single-celled organisms that multiply within a host
What are bacteria?
These medications are found typically in topical or oral form to target specific pathogens and diseases like athletes foot
What is antifungal
This is an extremely rare disease that causes headaches, fever and swollen painful lumps on the lymphatic system called buboes
What is plague?
This method of antigen introduction trains the body to fight infectious diseases
What are vaccines?
This method of spreading disease through respiratory droplets or particles
What is airborne?
These microscopic organisms separate to other living organisms that invade or grow on the body
What are fungi?
This type of treatment includes bedrest and fluids
What is self-care/ supportive care?
This is the final stage of a viral infection that occurs when the immune system is weakened – causes weight loss, skin rashes, fever, fatigue, and neurological issues
What is Aids?
Doing this is common respiratory etiquette
What is coughing into your elbow?
This is a model that describes how pathogens spread from places to people or host to host
What is chain of infection?
These microscopic single-celled organisms that act similar to parasites due to their complex cell structure
What are protozoans?
This is the biggest concern surround medications used to treat bacterial diseases
What is antibiotic resistance?