Disease Flashcards
Disease prevention: _________ are chemicals, heat, or radiation that kill infectious agents but are too harsh to use on your skin or ingest.
Disinfectants
Disease prevention: _________ are chemicals, heat, or radiation that kill infectious agents and are safe to use on your skin, (but not ingest).
Anti-septic’s
Disease prevention: _________ are medicine safe enough to ingest and will stop bacterial infections from growing.
Antibiotics
Disease prevention: _________ are a medicine safe enough to ingest and will stop viral infections.
Antivirals
Non-cell disease causing biomolecules: ________ are rogue loose proteins that cause disease. Example disease: __________
Prions
Mad cow disease
Non-cell disease causing biomolecules: ________ take over your cells making them reproduce more __________. Example disease _________
Viruses
More infected cells
Covid-19
Non-cell disease causing biomolecules: ________ are naked RNA that cause disease. Example disease: __________
Viroid’s
Hepatitis