Causes of Disease
Transmission of blood or body fluids through touching, kissing, coughing, sneezing and talking.
What is Direct Transmission?
Parasites shelter on another organism referred to as this.
What is a Host?
These are pus forming bacteria that cause pustules and boils.
What is Staphylococci?
Viruses are so small they are considered this.
What is submicroscopic?
This fungus does not cause human infections in the salon.
What is Mildew?
Invasion of body tissues by disease-causing pathogens.
What is an Infection?
Pediculosis Capitis is the term for this condition.
What is Head Lice?
These bacteria produce diseases such as tetanus, typhoid fever, tuberculosis and diptheria.
What are Bacilli?
A virus is only capable of reproduction by taking over the reproductive system of this.
What is a Host?
Tinea Pedis is the term for this fungal infection.
What is Athlete's Foot?
Transmission of blood or body fluids through contact with an intermediate contaminated object such as a razor, extractor, nipper or an environmental surface.
What is Indirect Transmission?
These parasites burrow under the skin.
What are Scabies?
These bacteria cause syphilis and Lyme disease.
What are Spirilla?
Viruses cannot be killed in the body with these.
What are Antibiotics?
Tinea Versicolor causes sun spots and is brought about by this.
What is Yeast?
Any organism of microscopic to submicroscopic size.
What are Microorganisms?
Parasites can be found in food, on plants and trees and in this.
What is water?
These bacteria cause pneumonia.
What are Diplococci?
This virus is also known as plantar warts and looks like black dots on the bottom of the feet.
What is HPV?
Fungal infections usually affect the skin as they live off of this protein that makes up the skin.
What is Keratin?
Various poisonous substances produced by some microorganisms (bacteria and viruses).
What are toxins?
External parasites that affect humans on or in the skin include ticks, fleas and these.
What are mites?
These bacteria cause strep throat and blood poisoning.
What is Streptococci?
This virus damages the liver.
What is Hepatitis?
The most basic cause of fungal infections are these which is the fungi that cause skin, nail and hair infections.