Diseases Flashcards
1
Q
Pathogens?
A
Disease causing organisms (bacteria, viruses, Fungi)
2
Q
Disease control methods?
A
Hygiene, Vaccines, Quarantines, Antibiotics, healthy diet
3
Q
Bacteria?
A
independent single cell organisms that self reproduce
4
Q
Viruses?
A
An infectious agent that lives off a host organism. can not replicate without host organism
5
Q
how do Vaccines work?
A
Stimulates the immune system to recognize and fight pathogens and then remember them
6
Q
Immunisations?
A
The process of becoming immune to a disease
