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What is bacteria?
This type of pathogen is a single-celled organism that can cause disease.
What is measles?
This viral disease is known for its characteristic rash and can be prevented by vaccination.
What is an epidemic?
An outbreak of a disease that occurs in a specific geographic area.
What are antibiotics?
These medications are used to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria.
What is direct contact?
This method of transmission involves physical contact between infected individuals.
What is a virus?
These pathogens are smaller than bacteria and require living cells to reproduce.
What is athlete's foot?
This fungal infection is characterized by red, itchy patches on the skin, often found in moist areas.
What is a pandemic?
This term describes a global outbreak of a disease affecting a large number of people.
What are antiviral medications?
This type of medication helps alleviate symptoms of viral infections but does not cure them.
What is airborne transmission?
This type of transmission occurs when a person breathes in pathogens.
What is a fungi?
This type of pathogen can be multicellular and often absorbs nutrients from living or dead hosts.
What is malaria?
This disease is transmitted by mosquitoes and can lead to high fever, chills, and flu-like symptoms.
What is the influenza pandemic or Spanish Flu?
This disease caused an epidemic in the U.S. in the 1910s, leading to millions of deaths worldwide.
What is vaccination?
This procedure involves the introduction of a small amount of a pathogen to stimulate immunity.
What is a fomite?
An object, like clothing, that can harbor and spread microorganisms
What is a parasite?
Organisms that rely on a host for survival and often cause harm to that host.
Even though many infectious diseases have been nearly eliminated worldwide, global studies continue because infectious disease organisms have this ability
The ability to mutate, adapt, and survive
What is COVID-19?
The outbreak of this disease, known for its rapid spread in 2020, was classified as a pandemic.
What is herd immunity?
When most of the population is immune to a disease
What is a vector?
This type of organism, such as mosquitoes or ticks, carries and transmits pathogens to humans.
What is a pathogen?
This term describes a type of microorganism that can cause disease and includes bacteria, viruses, fungi, protists, and parasites.
This disease, caused by a bacterial infection, primarily affects the lungs but can also spread to other parts of the body and was historically known as "consumption."
Tuberculosis
What is endemic?
This term refers to the continuous presence of a disease within a specific geographic area.
What is regular handwashing?
The most common and effective way to prevent the spread of infectious diseases
What is HIV?
This disease pandemic involves pathogens transferred from one individual to another through a sexually transmitted infection (STI).