Microbiology Basics
These microscopic organisms can cause infectious diseases and include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
What are pathogens?
This respiratory virus caused a global pandemic beginning in 2019.
What is COVID-19?
This bacterial infection often causes strep throat.
What is Streptococcus
Sneezing and coughing commonly spread diseases through these tiny particles.
What are respiratory droplets
what is The most effective method for preventing many infectious diseases.
What is vaccination
What is the incubation period?
The period between exposure to a disease and the appearance of symptoms.
This virus is commonly spread by mosquito bites and can cause hemorrhagic fever.
What is dengue virus?
This disease is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
What is tuberculosis
Mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas are examples of these disease-spreading organisms
What are vectors
This simple practice significantly reduces the spread of infection
What is handwashing?
This type of microorganism cannot reproduce without a host cell.
What is a virus?
This virus attacks the immune system and can lead to AIDS.
What is HIV?
This bacterium causes Lyme disease and is transmitted by ticks.
What is Borrelia burgdorferi?
Diseases spread through contaminated food or water use this route.
What is fecal-oral transmission
What is isolation?
The separation of sick individuals to prevent disease spread.
What is immunity?
The body's ability to resist infection through natural defenses or vaccination.
Chickenpox and shingles are caused by this virus.
What is varicella-zoster virus?
This toxin-producing bacterium causes tetanus
What is Clostridium tetani
Sharing contaminated needles can spread these bloodborne pathogens.
What are HIV and hepatitis viruses
What is herd immunity
When enough people are immune to reduce disease spread.
What is transmission?
The spread of disease from one infected person to another.
This viral disease was declared eradicated worldwide in 1980.
What is smallpox?
This bacterial disease caused the "Black Death
What is plague
What is fomite transmission
The spread of infection through contaminated objects such as doorknobs.
Public health officials use this process to identify and notify exposed individuals.
What is contact tracing