Who am I?
Single cell organism with a cell wall
What is a bacteria?
How a pathogen escapes a reservoir
What is Portal of Exit?
The specific virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic
SARS-CoV-2
Living organism which transmits disease
What is a vector?
The round sphere shape of some bacteria
What is cocci?
An eukaryote that likes damp and dark environments
What is a fungus?
Where a pathogen lives
What is a reservoir?
This highly contagious virus is responsible for the "stomach flu" outbreaks at schools, cruise ships, etc
What is Norovirus?
An inanimate object that can carry and spread disease
What is a fomite?
This bacteria is found in coastal and brackish waters and in shell fish and can cause severe skin infections
Parasitic worms such as pinworms or tapeworms
What are helminths?
How a pathogen travels from host to host
What is Mode of Transmission?
The strain of Influenza responsible for the 1918 pandemic
What is H1N1?
The vector responsible for transmitting Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
What is a tick?
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)
Infectious agents that can only replicate inside the living cells of an organism (need a host)
What are viruses?
A pathogen that can cause disease
What is Infectious Agent?
The worst outcomes with Influenza are found in these two age groups?
The vector responsible for transmission of malaria
What is a mosquito?
The most common cause of bacterial meningitis in teens and young adults
What is Neisseria meningitidis?
Microscopic one-celled organisms that can be free-living or parasitic in nature
What are protozoa?
How a pathogen invades the susceptible host
What is Portal of Entry?
This seasonal respiratory virus is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and viral pneumonia in infants
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa
What are zoonoses?
A bacteria that acts as a parasite and is responsible for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rickettsia rickettssii