Terminology
A disease causing organism is known as a.....
pathogen
Bacteria, Fungi, Virus, Macroparasites
When a disease is contracted after coming into physical contact with an infected person. (What type of transmission is this?)
Direct transmission
Washing or sterilising your hands, wearing a mask, wiping down surfaces, not sharing personal equipment is considered....
Good hygiene.
The bubonic plague was carried by this vector?
Rats
What is the fastest land animal in the world?
Outbreak of a disease that is widespread across the world.
Pandemic
Influenza is caused by this type of pathogen.
Virus
Surfaces can become contaminated if these land on them, leading to disease transmission.
Droplets
A recommended amount of space between people to prevent droplet contact.
Social distancing
The most deadly virus known to man?
Rabies
Which mammal is known to have the most powerful bite in the animal kingdom?
Hippo
An intermediate host of a disease is known as...
Vector
Cholera, Tetanus and Salmonella are all caused by this type of pathogen.
Bacteria
Measles spreads through this transmission method, making it highly contagious.
Airborne transmission
An effective way of preventing disease transmission within communities as they create herd immunity.
Vaccines
This type of pathogen is difficult to treat as there are limited medications that can destroy it.
Virus
What type of animal is the “flying fox”?
A bat
When a disease can be passed directly from person to person.
Contagious
A parasite that is transmitted only through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito.
Malaria
Koch's postulates were designed to test what?
Establish a causal relationship between a microbe and a disease.
When a person separates themselves from others when they may have been exposed to a disease but do not yet have symptoms.
Quarantine
A viral infection, similar to smallpox, that is generally not fatal and is spread through direct contact with the sores/rash on an infected person.
Monkeypox
Which animal can sleep for up to three years at a time under extreme conditions?
A snail
A piece of laboratory equipment that uses high pressure and temperatures to sterilise equipment.
Autoclave
A viral infection that invades your immune cells, destroying your immune system over time.
What is HIV?
COVID-19 can spread in these ways.
Body fluids (direct contact), droplets and contaminated objects (indirect contact)
How might Passive Natural Immunity be attained?
Transferred from mother to child during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
This disease is the most common infectious disease worldwide (approx. 2 billion people). Spreads through infected body fluids and affects the liver.
Most babies are vaccinated against this at birth.
Hepatitis B
The only known poisonous mammal is native to Australia — what is it?
Male platypus