Agents
What are agents?
Agents are anyone or anything that can carry an transfer a pathogen into a host.
What is a pathogen?
An infectious diseases agent that is responsible for transmitting, transferring, and/or causing a disease.
A disease that can transfer from one host to another by contact is called being _____________.
contagious
How many epidemiology terms are there?
17
Epidemiology is the study of diseases and health.
Give 2 examples of agents.
Bread, infected host, mosquito, wasps, bees, muffins, fish
Give three examples of pathogens.
Germs, virus, bacteria, protozoa, fungi, etc.
Give an example of a non-contagious disease.
Cancer, mental health conditions, etc
What does a 'fatal disease' mean?
A disease that is deadly, non-curable and has a very little to no chance of survival.
Which one of the following is NOT an agent?
1) Bread
2) Host
3) Cheese
4) Flu
4) Flu
What is the agent when it comes to dengue fever?
Mosquito
What pathogen causes pneumonia?
Flu, small fever, bacteria, fungi, cough
True or False: All diseases are caused by pathogens.
False
What does the 17th term of epidemiology talk about?
It states where pathogens can be found when they are not causing a disease.
What is plasmodium parasite?
A pathogen that causes malaria.
What type of agent/pathogen causes tuberculosis in humans?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
What pathogen causes dengue fever?
Dengue Virus
Name a disease that is NOT curable.
Late-stage cancer, AIDS, etc
What is one example when the disease and the pathogen are both different and what is one example when they are the same?
Different: Parasite and Malaria
Same: Flu
What is the MOST common fruit that is an agent?
Bananas
What is one agent that causes burns and cancer, but is NOT a pathogen?
Radiation
What pathogens CANNOT cause a disease?
Non-pathogenic bacterium (like microorganisms)
Explain how bacteria gets inside your skin?
When you get an open wound (cut, scar, etc), you interact with germs and bacteria if it is left open. That bacteria finds a route from the open wound and gets inside your system.
What does the 2nd term of epidemiology talk about?
How a disease can occur worldwide, in a specific country, or a specific region only. It talks about the spread and location of the disease.
How can an antibiotic cause a superbug?
When you take too much antibiotics even if you don't need it, the bacteria or other harmful things in your body become resistant to them.