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Pathogens
How Pathogens Are Spread
Diseases
Vocabulary
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Joseph Lister's methods dramatically reduced the percentage of patientd who died from infections after surgery when he discovered this.
What is washing hands and cleaning surgical tools?
100
bacteria, viruses, fungi, protists
What are the four types of pathogens?
100
kissing and shaking hands
What is how pathogens are spread throug direct physical contact?
100
a deer tick bite might pass this disease.
What is lyme disease?
100
poison
What is a toxin?
200
In the 1860's, the French scientist Louis Pasteur concluded that these were the cause of mst infectious diseases.
What is microorganisms?
200
strep throat, ear infections, tetanus
What are some examples of bacteria diseases?
200
when a person with a cold sneezes
What is how pathogens are spread indirectly?
200
spread by contaminated food or water
What is cholera and dysentery?
200
A disease caused by pathogens.
What is an infectious disease?
300
Robert Koch found that a specific microorganism causes each one of these.
What is each disease?
300
colds, the flu
What are some examples of viruses?
300
A disease that a person can get from improperly canned food.
What is botulism?
300
a bite from an infected mosquito might pass on this disease.
What is maleria?
300
living things too small to see without a microscope.
What is a microorganism?
400
Pasteur's work with this lead to his discovery of the cause for some diseases.
What is what causes food to spoil?
400
athlete's foot, ringworm
What are some examples of fungi diseases?
400
shopping carts, phones, keyboards
What is ways pathogens are spread through contaminated objects?
400
organisms that cause disease.
What is a pathogen?
500
Then- Surgeons did not wear masks or gloves. They would wear street clothes. They did not wash their hands and they would not clean their tools. Now-They use masks and gloves, wear special clothes and use many specialized instruments.
What is how is surgery different today then it was in the 1860's?
500
malaria, giardia
What are some examples of protists?
500
A disease of the nervous system that a person can get from a bite from an infected animal like a dog.
What is rabies?
500
sneezing, headache, coughing, weak
What are symptoms of a cold?
500
the process in which disease-causing microorganisms invade the body and multiply.
What is an infection?