Spread of disease
How pathogens can spread.
what is contact with an infected object or animal?
An organism or microscopic particle that causes disease.
What is a Pathogen?
Used to prevent viral and some bacterial infections.
What is a vaccine?
The best way to prevent infectious disease
What is washing your hands
The four main types of Pathogens
An outbreak of disease that occurs in a region or local area
What is an epidemic?
Non-living pathogen. Examples include the Flu or Common Cold.
What is a Virus?
Used to treat bacterial infections like strep throat.
What is an antibiotic?
Ways to prevent disease from spreading
What is limiting contact with contaminated surfaces, and infected people.
How fungi spread and reproduce.
what is releasing microscopic spores into the environment, which can travel through the air or water?
An outbreak that occurs in a much larger region, usually world wide.
What is a pandemic?
Three pathogens that are living
What is bacteria, fungi, and parasites?
Bacterial reproduction (2 ways)
What is asexual and sexual reproduction?
Limiting contact or sectioning off infected individuals.
What is quarentine?
Animals that spread disease
Raccoons, ticks, mosquitos, bats
An effective treatment plan for a disease starts with
Identifying the correct pathogen
What is mutate?
An organism that lives on or in a host and causes it harm
What is a parasite?
Treatment for Fungi
What is antifungal medications?
Causes of antibiotic resistance (3 ways).
What is taking antibiotics for viruses, not taking all your prescribed antibiotics, and bacterial mutations?
Two organizations that work to monitor diseases promote prevention & preparedness, and activities related to improving public health.
What is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) and WHO (World Health Organization)?
The system responsible for creating antibodies to destroy antigens and help us get better.
What is our immune system?
Examples of parasites (list 3)
Tapeworm, Bed bugs, and lice.
Transmission of parasites
What is through contaminated food, water, soil, or blood, or through the bite of an infected insect?
The best environment for microorganisms to grow
What is warm dark and moist?