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Infection And Response Flashcards

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1
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What is meant by a communicable disease

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A disease that spreads

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2
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List three viral diseases

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Measles
HIV
TMV
Rubella

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3
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List some symptoms of measles

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Red skin rash

Fever

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4
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List symptoms of HIV

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Flu like symptoms

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5
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How is measles treated

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Vaccination

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6
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How is HIV treated

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Antiretroviral drugs

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7
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What effect does rose black spot disease have on plants

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Causes the leaves to turn yellow and fall off which means less photosynthesis

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8
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Is rose black spot disease fungal or viral

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Fungal

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9
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How do you get measles

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Spread by droplets of an infected person eg sneezing or coughing

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10
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How do get HIV

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Sexual contact or by exchanging bodily fluids

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11
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How is gonorrhoea transmitted between individuals

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Sexually

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12
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How can vaccinations limit the spread of a disease

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More people are immune to it which means there is a less chance of people catching it and spreading it

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13
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What is malaria causes by

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Protist

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14
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How does malaria spread

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Mosquitos pick up the protist and feed on an animal or human and infect them. The protist then gets into the blood vessels

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15
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How can malaria be prevented

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Mosquito nets

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16
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What is Salmonella

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A bacterial disease

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17
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How is salmonella spread

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Eating food that has been contaminated

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18
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Symptoms of salmonella

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Fever
Stomach cramps
Vomiting
Diarrhoea

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19
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How does bacteria make us feel unwell

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They produce toxins

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20
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Is gonorrhoea bacterial or viral

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Bacterial

21
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Symptoms of gonorrhoea

A

Painful urination

Thick yellow or green discharge

22
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How do you treat gonorrhoea

A

Antibiotics/ penicillin

23
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How do you prevent the spread of gonorrhoea

A

Condoms

24
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How do you treat rose black spot disease

A

Fungicides and getting rid of infected leaves

25
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What does TMV stand for

A

Tobacco mosaic virus

26
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What is TMV

A

When plants become discoloured

27
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What is the effect of TMV

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Leaves can’t carry out photosynthesis so it affects growth

28
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Name three ways we can prevent disease

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Washing your hands/ be more hygienic
Destroying vectors eg getting rid of organisms that pass it on or insecticides
Isolating individuals

29
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How is the skin adapted to defend against the entry of pathogens

A

Acts as a barrier to prevent them getting in

30
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What is the role of the immune system

A

To protect us from disease

31
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From what organism was the drug digital is sourced originally

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Fox gloves

32
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What is meant by the efficacy of a drug

A

If he drug works and produces the effect your using it for

33
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What is a placebo

A

A fake version of the drug

34
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Why are placebos used in drug trials

A

To compare results

35
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Give one way fungi cause disease

A

They grow and penetrate human skin

36
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How do viruses make us feel unwell

A

They invade host cells they than replicate and eventually the cell bursts the cell damage makes us feel unwell

37
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What do the trachea and bronchi have that help the body defend against pathogen

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They produce mucus to trap pathogens if they are swallowed they go to the stomach and get destroyed by The acid

38
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What is the name for the molecules which antibodies lock onto on the surface of a pathogen

A

Antigens

39
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What are antitoxins

A

Substances that neutralise toxins

40
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What is injected into the body during a vaccination

A

An inactive version of the pathogen

41
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Which plant does the painkiller and aspirin originate from

A

Aspirin is from the willow tree

42
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What helped our current medicines to develop and how

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Traditional cures as the chemicals found from the source are developed

43
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How does antibiotic resistance rise in a population of bacteria

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Bacteria has a mutation by natural selection this bacteria survives amongst the other bacteria this bacteria than reproduces making more resistant bacteria

44
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Name the scientist that discovered penicillin

A

Alexander Fleming

45
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What two things are the drugs tested on in preclinical trials

A

Hunan cells and tissues and live animals (possibly)

46
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Explains what happens in a clinical trial

A

Healthy volunteers are separated into two group one receives a placebo and the other receive the real thing this could be blind or double blind. The results are then peer reviewed to prevent false claims

47
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What do preclinical trials test for

A

Efficacy
Toxicity
Dosage

48
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What are three things white blood cells do to protect us

A

Consume them
Produce antibodies
Antitoxins

Biology (9-1) Gcse higher (5 decks)

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