B5 Communicable Diseases Flashcards
1
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Communicable diseases
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Caused by pathogens and can be passes from on person to another
(HIV, salmonella, rose black spot, malaria)
2
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B5.4 Viral diseases
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They invade living, normal cells and use those cells to multiply and produce other viruses like themselves
Measles
HIV/AIDS
Tobacco mosaic virus
3
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B5.5 Bacterial diseases
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illnesses caused by bacteria.
Salmonella food poisoning
Gonorrhoea
4
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B5.7 Diseases caused by fungi and protists
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Fungal diseases
Rose black spot
Diseases caused by protists
Malaria
5
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Vectors
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Mosquitoes-malaria dengue fever
Rats
House flys- over 100 human diseases