What Causes Infectious Diseases
Common Infectious Diseases
Preventing Infectious Diseases
Vocabulary
100
A disease caused by organisms that enter and multiply within the human body?
What is an Infectious Disease
100
infection of the breathing passages
What is respiratory infections
100
temporary immunity that an infant acquires from it's mother
What is passive immunity
100
serious inflammation of the lungs
What is pneumonia
200
Name 3 of the possible forms pathogens can take?
What is Bacteria, Viruses, Rickettsias, Protozoans and Fungi
200
highly contagious viral disease that mostly targets children
What is measles
200
immunity your body develops to protect you form disease
What is active immunity
200
inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes
What is encephalitis
300
single celled organisms that are larger than bacteria and have a more complex cell structure.
What are Protozoans
300
commonly known as the "kissing disease"
What is mononucleosis
300
another name for active immunity that involves the introduction into the body of a vaccine
What is vaccination
300
inflammation of the meninges, the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord
What is meningitis
400
name the types of hepatitis
What is A,B, and C
400
three types of vaccines
What is live-virus, killed virus, and toxids
400
infectious disease of the central nervous system caused by a virus. In serious cases it can lead to paralysis.
What is poliomyelitis
500
Name the 4 nonspecific defenses against infection
What is physical barriers, chemical barriers, body cells, and inflammatory response.
500
highly contagious bacterial infection that most often affects the lungs
What is tuberculosis
500
name 2 ways to protect yourself from being infected by disease
What is keep your body healthy, bathe and shower regularly, avoid sharing eating/drinking utensils, wash hands regularly
500
bacterial infection of the throat
What is strep throat
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