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Chapter 1- Communicable Diseases Flashcards

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What is a Pathogen ?

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A micro-organism that causes an infectious disease

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Diseases caused by a Pathogen

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Chicken pox 
Malaria
German Measles
TB 
Tetanus
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Diseases not caused by a Pathogen

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Food poisoning
Cancer- lung and breast
Diabetes
Dementia

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Micro-organisms

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Virus
HIV
Polio
Thrush

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How can you get a Pathogen caused disease?

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You can breath in the flu
A dirty needle can infect a piercing
An insect can infect the blood by piercing the skin

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