B5-Communicable Diseases Flashcards

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What is a pathogen

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What is a communicable diseases

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What is a non-communicable disease

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What are the key methods for preventing infection

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Who are the key individuals that contributed to our understanding of infections

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What are the symptoms of measles and how does it spread?

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What are the symptoms of HIV and how does it spread?

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What are the symptoms of TMV and how does it spread?

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What are the symptoms of salmonella and how is it controlled?

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What are the symptoms of gonorrhoea and how is it controlled?

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What are the symptoms of rose black spot and how does it spread?

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What are the symptoms of malaria and how is it controlled?

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What are the three ways white blood cells defend the body against pathogens

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Engulfing, releasing antibodies and releasing antitoxins

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How does engulfing defend the body against pathogens?

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Large white blood cells can completely engulf pathogens and digest them into harmless molecules

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How does releasing antibodies defend the body against pathogens?

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The antibodies connect all the pathogens together in a big clump so that another white blood cell can engulf them

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How does releasing antitoxins defend the body from pathogens

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Antitoxins make the pathogens harmless so another white blood cell can engulf it