Communicable Diseases

Question 1

4 Types of pathogen and their diseases

Answer 1

-bacteria: TB, bacterial
meningitis, ring rot (potatoes, tomatoes)
-virus: HIV, influenza
(animals), Tobacco Mosaic Virus (plants)
-protoctista: malaria, potato/tomato late
blight
-fungi: – black sigatoka (bananas), ringworm
(cattle), athlete’s foot (humans).

Question 2

How does tuberculosis cause disease?

Answer 2

-infects phagocytes in lungs

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