Infectious disease Flashcards
1
Q
How is disease spread?
A
-pathogens
2
Q
define pathogen
A
-a bacteria or micro-organism taht can cause disease
3
Q
What are the 4 types of pathogens?
A
- bacteria
- virus
- protis
- fungi
4
Q
How do bacteria react in the human body
A
- repoduces quickly
- then releases toxins
- damages the tissue
5
Q
What conditions need to be met so a virus can reproduce
A
-need to be in host cell
6
Q
How does the virus react in human body
A
- first it enters host cell
- reproduces insode host cell
- damages cell - can burst and die
7
Q
What are the ways pathogens can be spread
A
- air borne - sneezing and coughing
- water
- direct contact - blood
8
Q
What are the ways of reducing the spread of pathogens
A
- washing hands
- condoms
- clean drinking water
- isolating patients
- vaccinations
9
Q
What is a virus
A
-a pathogen that cause infectious disease can
