Infection and Responce Flashcards
What are the 4 types of pathogen?
- bacteria
- viruses
- protists
- Fungi
What are pathogens?
microorganism’s that enter the body and cause disease
What is a communicable disease?
infectious disease that can spread easily
What can be infected by pathogens?
plants and animals
What are bacteria?
very small living cells which can reproduce rapidly inside your body
they can make you feel ill by producing toxins that damage cells and tissues
What are virsuses?
- they are not cells
- extremely tiny
- reproduce rapidly inside body
- live inside cells and replicate them using cells machinery to produce more copies of themselves
- cell then bursts releasing virus
- cell damage makes you feel ill
What are protists?
- single celled eukaryotes
- some are parasites which live on or inside other organisms and causes them damage
- often transferred to organism by a vector which doesn’t have the disease
What are fungi?
- some are single celled
- some have a body made up of hyphae
- hyphae can grow and penetrate skin, surface of plants which causes disease
- hyphae produce spores which can be spread to other animals or plants
What are the ways pathogens can be spread?
- water
- air
- direct contact
What is measles?
a viral disease spread by droplets of an infected persons sneeze or cough
What do people with measles develop?
red skin rash and show signs of a fever
What are some of the consequences of measles?
- can be fatal
- can lead to lung infection or brain infection
vaccinated when young
What is HIV?
a virus spread by sexual contact, or exchanging bodily fluids such as blood. the virus attacks the immune cells
What happens if you get HIV?
causes flu like symptoms. Usually no symptoms for years.
What can HIV be treated with?
antiretroviral drugs to stop virus replicating in body
What does TMV stand for?
tobacco mosaic virus
What is TMV?
a virus that effects species of plants
What does TMV cause?
a mosaic pattern on leaves of plants, some parts become discoloured
What does TMV mean for the plant?
can’t photosynthesise as well
Give an example of a fungus disease?
rose black spot
What does rose black spot cause?
purple or black spots to develop on the leaves of rose plants, the leaves can grow yellow and drop off, means photosynthesis can’t happen as plant doesn’t grow very well
How does rose black spot spread?
through the environment in water or wind
How can rose black spot be treated?
using fungicides and stripping the plant of its effected leaves
What is a Malaria caused by?
a protist
What are mosquitoes?
vectors - they pick up the malarial protist when they feed on an infected animals
How do mosquitoes infect someone?
inserting the protist into the organisms blood vessels
What does Malaria cause?
repeating episodes of fever, can be fatal
What is salmonella?
type of bacteria that causes food poisoning
What can infected people experience with salmonella?
fever, stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhoea
What are salmonella symptoms caused by?
toxins that are produced by bacteria
What can you get salmonella from?
food that is contaminated
What is gonorrhoea?
a sexually transmitted disease
how is gonorrhoea passed on?
sexual contact
what is gonorrhoea caused by?
bacteria
symptoms of gonorrhoea?
pain when urinate, thick green discharge
what 4 things can you do to prevent the spread of disease?
- being hygienic
- destroying vectors
- isolating infected vectors
- vaccination