mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

Question 1

What causes infectious disease?

Answer 1

Infectious diseases can be caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, single-celled
eukaryotes (formerly called protists), and parasites.

Question 2

how did the germ theory of disease get its name

Answer 2

Pasteur’s and Koch’s observations and experiments led them to conclude that infectious diseases are caused by microorganisms. Microorganisms were commonly called “germs,” so this conclusion was called the germ theory of disease.

Question 3

what is another name that scientists use for a disease-causing agent

Answer 3

pathogens

Question 4

what is the type of disease-causing agent of African sleeping sickness

Answer 4

protist

Question 5

what is the type of disease-causing agent of athelete’s foot

Answer 5

fungus

Question 6

what is the type of disease-causing agent of botulism

Answer 6

bacterium

Question 7

chicken pox

Answer 7

virus

Question 8

what is the type of disease-causing agent of bookworm

Answer 8

parasitic worm

Question 9

what is the type of disease-causing agent of influenza

Answer 9

virus

Question 10

what is the type of disease-causing agent of malaria

Answer 10

protist

Question 11

what is the type of disease-causing agent of trichinosis

Answer 11

parasitic worm

Question 12

what is the type of disease-causing agent of tuberculosis

Answer 12

bacterium

Question 13

what are koch’s postulates used for

Answer 13

used as a set of rules to help scientists indentify the cause of a specific disease

Question 14

rules of koch’s postulates

Answer 14

1. The pathogen must always be found in the body of a sick organism
2. The pathogen must be isolated
3. When the cultured pathogens are introduced into a healthy host, they should cause the same disease that infected the original host.
4. The injected pathogen must be isolated from the second host.