Pathogen and communicable diseases

Question 1

disease

Answer 1

condition impairs normal functioning

Question 2

pathogen

Answer 2

organism that causes disease

Question 3

direct transmission

Answer 3

• one organisms to another
• droplet infection, intercourse, touching an infect organism
• e.g. HIV, athletes foot

Question 4

indirect transmission

Answer 4

• transferred from one organism to another via an intermediate
• e.g. air water food and another orgnaism
• e.g. potato blight, spores carried in wind
• e.g. malaria

Question 5

vector

Answer 5

• • • animal that doesnt cause disease but spreads it

Question 6

overcrowding

Answer 6

• increase risk of transmission
• e.g. droplet infection remains in air
• e.g. TB

Question 7

climate

Answer 7

• e.g. potato/tomato late blight common during wet summers as spores need water
• malaria in hot and humid , ideal conditions for mosquitoes

Question 8

social factors

Answer 8

• e.g. HIV high in coutries where there is limited access to
• good healthcare
  
  • less likely to be diagnosed and treated
• good helath education
  
  • to inform about transmission and how it can be avoided