Microbial Diseases

Question 1

Vector

Answer 1

DNA molecule used to artificially carry foreign genetic material into another cell, where it can be replicated

Question 2

Primary host

Answer 2

an organism in which the parasite reaches the adult stage and reproduces sexually, if possible.

Question 3

Secondary host

Answer 3

an organism that harbors the sexually immature parasite and is required by the parasite to undergo development and complete its life cycle. (Vector)

Question 4

Malaria

Answer 4

A disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes.

Question 5

TB (tuberculosis)

Answer 5

A potentially serious infectious bacterial disease that mainly affects the lungs.

Question 6

HIV

Answer 6

HIV causes AIDS and interferes with the body’s ability to fight infections.

Question 7

Thrush

Answer 7

A fungal infection typically on the skin or mucous membranes caused by candida.

Question 8

Retrovirus

Answer 8

a type of virus that inserts a copy of its RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell that it invades, thus changing the genome of that cell.

Question 9

Opportunistic infections

Answer 9

infections that occur more often or are more severe in people with weakened immune systems than in people with healthy immune systems.

Question 10

Prophylaxis

Answer 10

treatment given or action taken to prevent disease.