Row 1
Any organism or agent that can produce disease in a host
What is a pathogen?
A bacteria infection caused by contaminated soil.
What is tetanus?
You can get this rash from your pet.
What is ringworm?
The oldest disease on the planet.
What is Malaria?
A respiratory disease or infection.
What is the flu?
A virus that has killed millions of people but now is eradicated.
What is small pox?
The most deadly bacterial infection.
What is Tuberculosis?
Water contamination can cause diarrhea and cramping.
What is Giardiasis?
Worms in your stomach that hook onto your intestines.
What are Tape worms?
Worms that emerge from your skin about a year after they lay eggs under your skin.
What are guinea worms?
These often infect intestines.
What are parasites?
Can be found in the intestines help to break down food and produce vitamins that the human body needs.
What is bacteria?
An agent that infects or invades an organism that causes harm to that organism.
What is a pathogen?
This must invade a cell and attach itself to the surface of a cell to make copies itself.
What is a virus?
This lives on and in the body to keep fungi from infecting the body and causing disease.
What is good bacteria?
90% of these deaths occur in Africa
What is Malaria?
There is a vaccine for this infection but there is no treatment for it if you were to get it.
What is measles?
This effects the nose, throat and lungs and the elderly are most at risk.
What is the flu?
This attacks the immune system.
What is HIV?
This kills around 1.2 million people a year worldwide.
What is tuberculosis?
Causes disease by destroying tissue as they invade the body or by releasing toxins that harm the body.
What is bacteria?
Nonliving agents
What is a virus?
Can grow the entire length of your digestive tract.
What are paracitic worms?
Can be spread through infected blood, illicit drug use, and sexual activity.
What is HIV?
Causes by contaminated water or food in parts of the world where there they lack proper drinking water sanitation.
What is typhoid fever?