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Diseases, Prevention and the Immune System Flashcards

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What type of pathogen causes ring rot? (+name for bonus)

A

Bacteria

Clavibacter michiganensis

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What does ring rot infect?

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Potatoes, tomatoes and aubergines

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What are the effects of ring rot?

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  • damages leaves, tubers and fruit
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What type of pathogen is tobacco mosaic virus?

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Virus

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What does tobacco mosaic infect?

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Tobacco plants and around 150 other species including tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, petunias and delphiniums

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What are the effects of tobacco mosaic virus?

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  • damages leaves, flowers and fruit
  • stunts growth
  • reduces yield
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What type of pathogen causes late blight? (+ name for bonus)

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Protoctist

Phytophthora infestans

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What does late blight infect?

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Potatoes, tomatoes

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What are the effects of late blight?

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  • destroys leaves, tubers ad fruit
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What type of pathogen causes black sigatoka?(+ name for bonus)

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Fungus

Mycosphaerella fijiensis

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What does black sigatoka infect?

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Bananas

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What are the effects of black sigatoka?

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  • attacks and destroys leaves, turning them black
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What type of pathogen causes tuberculosis? (+name for bonus)

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Bacteria

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. bovis

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What does tuberculosis infect?

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Humans, cows, pigs, badgers and deer

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What are the effects of tuberculosis?

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  • damages and destroys lung tissue

- suppresses the immune system

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What type of pathogen causes bacterial meningitis? (+ name for bonus)

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Bacteria

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis

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Who does bacterial meningitis affect?

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Very young children and teenagers aged 15-19

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What are the effects of bacterial meningitis?

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  • infects membranes on brain surface. causing septicaemia and rapid death
  • blotchy red/purple rash
19
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What type of pathogen causes HIV/AIDS? ( + name for bonus)

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Virus

Human immunodeficiency virus

20
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What does HIV/AIDS affect?

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Humans, some non-human primates

21
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What are the effects of HIV/AIDS?

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  • targets T helper cells and gradually destroys the immune system
22
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What type of pathogen causes influenza? ( + name for bonus)

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Virus

Orthomyxoviridae spp.

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Who does influenza affect?

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Mammals, including humans and pigs, birds, including chickens

24
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What are the effects of influenza?

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  • kills ciliated epithelial cells
25
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What type of pathogen causes malaria? ( + name)

A

Protoctist

Plasmodium

26
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What does malaria infect?

27
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What are the effects of malaria?

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  • makes people vulnerable to other infections

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