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Pathogens

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Pathogen in the oldest and broadest sense is anything that can produce disease

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Viruses

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A virus is a biological agent that reproduces inside the cells of living hosts. When infected by a virus, a host cell is forced to produce thousands of identical copies of the original virus at an extraordinary rate

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Communicable disease

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Some ways in which communicable diseases spread are by: physical contact with an infected person, such as through touch sexual intercourse

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Vaccines

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A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.

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Sexually transmitted diseases

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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infections that are passed from one person to another through sexual contact.

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Immune system

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The immune system is a host defense system comprising many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease

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HIV

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is a virus that damages the cells in your immune system and weakens your ability to fight everyday infections and disease.

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Immune reactions

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Type I hypersensitivity is an immediate or anaphylactic reaction, often associated with allergy.

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Mental health

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a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being

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Obesity

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the state of being grossly fat or overweight.

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Diseases

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disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.

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Bacteria

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Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals.

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Viruses

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A virus is a biological agent that reproduces inside the cells of living hosts. When infected by a virus, a host cell is forced to produce thousands of identical copies of the original virus at an extraordinary rate

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Skin

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Skin is the soft outer tissue covering vertebrates. Other animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton, have different developmental origin, structure and chemical composition.

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