Disease Flashcards

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Disease prevention: _________ are chemicals, heat, or radiation that kill infectious agents but are too harsh to use on your skin or ingest.

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Disinfectants

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Disease prevention: _________ are chemicals, heat, or radiation that kill infectious agents and are safe to use on your skin, (but not ingest).

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Anti-septic’s

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Disease prevention: _________ are medicine safe enough to ingest and will stop bacterial infections from growing.

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Antibiotics

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Disease prevention: _________ are a medicine safe enough to ingest and will stop viral infections.

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Antivirals

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Non-cell disease causing biomolecules: ________ are rogue loose proteins that cause disease. Example disease: __________

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Prions

Mad cow disease

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Non-cell disease causing biomolecules: ________ take over your cells making them reproduce more __________. Example disease _________

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Viruses

More infected cells

Covid-19

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Non-cell disease causing biomolecules: ________ are naked RNA that cause disease. Example disease: __________

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Viroid’s

Hepatitis

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