Communicable Diseases Flashcards
What is a communicable diesease?
A disease caused by a pathogen that can be passed from one organism to another
Whats a non-communicable diseases?
They are not infectious and cannot be passed from one organism to another
Whats a STD?
Its a transmitted from an infected person to an uninfected person by unprotected sexual contact
Whats a pathogen?
A microorganism that causes disease
Whats a vaccine?
A dead or inactive pathogenic material used in vaccination to develop immunity to a disease in a healthy pers
Whats a Virus?
A pathogens that are much smaller than bacteria and can only reproduce inside living cells of other organisms
Give an example of a communicable disease?
The flu
Give an example of an non-communicable?
Cancer
Give an example of an STD?
Gonerreha
