Outbreaks
What are the causes of diseases?
Pathogens
Prokaryotic
What the organism feeds on
the host
Living or non-living
Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic
Eukaryotic
An epidemic on more than one continent
A pandemic
Grow slowly or rapidly
Where tapeworms typically live
In the small intestine of their host
sexually and asexually (producing spores)
Examples: vaccines, avoid crowds, wear a mask, wash hands, use sanitizer, reduce air travel
When mutant bacteria survive an antibiotic treatment and give rise to a resistant population
Antibiotic Resistance
What favors adaptations that allow a parasite to efficiently exploit its host?
Natural Selection
Describe three methods of transmission.
human contact, water, insect bite
Mold
What is a disease outbreak affecting more people than would normally be expected?
Epidemic
Binary Fission
Where they live
in or on their host's body
Drugs that can sometimes be used to treat viruses
What is anti-viral drugs?
Fungi are nonphotosynthetic. What does that mean?
Cannot do photosynthesis to make their own food
Which type of outbreak was the Black Plague?
A pandemic
Coccus, Bacillus, Spirillum
Places parasites can live in the body
intestines, bloodstream, or tissues
What two things are they composed of?
Nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) and a protein coat
Fungi are competitors with humans for these substances
Nutrients