common infection

Question 1

What pathogen is caused by cholera

Answer 1

A bacterium called vibro cholerae

Question 2

what are symptoms of cholera

Answer 2

Diarrhoea

Question 3

How does cholera spread

Answer 3

Via contaminated water sources

Question 4

How to reduce cholera

Answer 4

Making sure that people have access to clean water supplies

Question 5

What is the pathogen for tuberculosis

Answer 5

A bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Question 6

What are the symptoms of tuberculosis

Answer 6

Coughing and lung damage

Question 7

How does tuberculosis spread

Answer 7

Through the air when infected individuals cough

Question 8

How to reduce the transmission of tuberculosis

Answer 8

Infected people should avoid crowded public spaces and practice good hygiene
sleep alone
homes should also be well ventilated

Question 9

What pathogen is caused by malaria

Answer 9

A protist

Question 10

What are the symptoms of malaria?

Answer 10

Damage to red blood cells and in severe cases, to the liver

Question 11

How does malaria spread

Answer 11

mosquito as animal vectors (carriers) - they pass on the protist to humans but don’t get the disease themselves

Question 12

How to reduce malaria

Answer 12

Use of mosquito Nets and insect repellent to prevent mosquitoes carrying the pathogen from biting people

Question 13

What is the pathogen for stomach ulcers?

Answer 13

A bacterium called helicobacter pylori

Question 14

What are the symptoms of stomach ulcers?

Answer 14

Stomach pain nausea and vomiting

Question 15

How do stomach ulcers spread

Answer 15

oral transmission eg swallowing contaminated water or food

Question 16

How to reduce stomach ulcers

Answer 16

Having clean water supplies and hygienic living conditions

Question 17

What is the pathogen for ebola?

Answer 17

Ebola virus

Question 18

What are the symptoms of Ebola

Answer 18

haemorrhagic fever (a fever with bleeding)

Question 19

How does ebola spread

Answer 19

Via bodily fluids

Question 20

How can you reduce the spread of Ebola

Answer 20

By isolating infected individuals and sterilizing any areas where the virus may be present

Question 21

What is the pathogen for chalara ash dieback

Answer 21

a fungus that infects ash trees

Question 22

What are the symptoms of chalara ash dieback?

Answer 22

leaf loss and bark lesions (wounds)

Question 23

How does chalara ash dieback spread

Answer 23

Carry through the air by the wind.

Question 24

How to prevent chalara ash dieback

Answer 24

removing young infected ash trees and replanting with different species. restricting the import or movement of ash trees.