Any condition that negatively affects the normal functioning of the mind or body
What is a disease?
4th step in the process of infection
What is the new host?
Diseases that develop gradually and may persist for years
What are chronic diseases?
Incapable of producing offspring
What is Sterility?
True/False: Acute diseases develop gradually and may persist for years
False
Pathogen that causes the most infection
What is a virus?
2nd line of defense after the skin and membranes
What is the lymphatic system?
Diseases that develop suddenly with symptoms that are often severe
What are acute diseases?
STD that causes painful sores on the genital area
What is Herpes Simplex?
True/False: When you take medication for a cold, you are not treating the virus but only the symptoms of the virus
True
1st step in the process of infection
Not a type of STD
What is malaria?
Microorganisms that cause disease
What are fungi?
Most common STD yet the most difficult to discover
What is Chlamydia?
True/False: Mononucleosis results in high number of red blood cells in the body
2nd step in the process of infection
What is a host?
Lymphocytes that make antibodies that attack germ cells
What are B-cells?
What is Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome?
Often called the "great imitator"; looks like another STD
What is Syphilis?
True/False: Hepatitis A is much more serious than Hepatitis B
False
3rd step in the process of infection
What is spreading?
Part of the body that AIDS destroy
What are T-cells?
Disease caused by the spread of germs
What is an infectious disease?
Often called the "preventer of life"; causes sterility
What is Gonorrhea?
True/False: The AIDS virus attacks a person's immune system
True