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Communicable diseases

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Transmitted from one person to another

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Non communicable diseases

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Cant be transmitted one to another

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3
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Three ways you can catch a disease

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Diet! Stress and life situations

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Microrganisms that cause disease

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Pathogens

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Pathogens can be

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Bacteria, viruses, protists and fungi

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How pathogens are spread

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By air, direct contact and by water

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Hygiene to prevent the spread of pathogens

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Washingur hands, Using disinfectants, keeping raw meat away from food that is eaten uncooked, coughing and sneezing into a handkerchief, maintaining the hygiene of people and agricultural machinery to help prevent the spread of plant diseases

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If someone has an infectious disease

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Best keep them in isolation

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Another way of preventing disease is

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Using vacinations

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Measles

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Fever, red skin rash. Spred through inhalation of droplets from coughs and sneezes. Can cause blindness and brain damage and can be fatal. No treatment for measles.

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