Communicable Diseases
Diseases that can be spread from one person to another.
What are communicable diseases?
Diseases that are not transmitted from person to person.
What are non-communicable diseases?
A simple daily practice to prevent communicable diseases.
What is handwashing?
The process by which communicable diseases spread.
What is transmission?
The primary causes of communicable diseases.
What are bacteria and viruses?
A common cause of non-communicable diseases.
What are lifestyle factors, environment, and family history?
Name one way communities can reduce pollution and vector-borne diseases
Proper waste disposal
A common mode of transmission for the flu.
What is airborne droplets?
A disease that spreads through contaminated water.
What is cholera?
What is a vector?
An organism that carries and transmits disease-causing pathogens from one host to another.
A lifestyle change to reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases.
What is regular exercise?
An example of a disease transmitted through direct contact.
What is chickenpox?
A method to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
What is washing hands with soap and warm water?
Name any communicable disease
cancer
Why are mosquitoes considered vectors?
They transmit diseases from infected people to people
What are pathogens?
Disease-causing microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites.
What do we call a disease that can spread from one person to another?
Communicable disease
The two main categories of lung cancer.
What are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC)?
An environmental factor that can trigger asthma.
What is pollution?
A vector-borne disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
What is malaria?