Immunology Flashcards
What are Infectious diseases?
Diseases caused by pathogens
eg.TB,HIV/AIDS ,measles
What are non infectious diseases?
Diseases that are not caused by pathogens
1)long term disease-Lung cancer
2)Inherited disease-sickle cell anemia
3)Deficiency disease-malnutrition
All infectious diseases only affect short period of time.True or False?
False
Some are affect only short periods(Common cold)
Some may be longer time(TB)
Some cannot be treated (HIV)
Some infectious diseases can spread only from one to one by____
direct contact b/c pathogen cannot survive outside of the body
Some diseases are transmitted from one to another by indirectly and some people spread disease without themselves do not have disease and the person lacks symptoms is called
Carriers
Pathogen passes from one host to another is called
transmission cycle
____ is major control of infectious diseases
Vaccination
Cholera (ကာလဝမ်းရောဂါ) is caused by
Bacteria
Malaria is caused by
Protoctist
HIV/AIDS is caused by
Virus
human immunodeficiency virus
Tuberculosis is caused by
Bacteria
measles(ဝက်သက်)is caused by
virus
smallpox(ရေကျောက်) is caused by
virus
Site of action of Cholera
Small intestine
Produce toxin called Choleragen,which disrupts functions of epithelium lining of small intestine and more salt and water is lost
Symptoms of Cholera
Severe diarrhea