Pathogens Flashcards
What bacteria is tuberculosis caused by?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Chalara dieback
Disease of ash plants cause by fungus
What is malaria caused by?
A protist known as Plasmodium, which multiplies inside RBCS and WBCs, and causes fever and sickness when released
How do viruses multiply?
By infecting cells and taking over their DNA-copying processes to make new viruses
What does ebola cause the breakdown of?
Lung, kidney and blood vessels
What does HIV stand for and what does it do?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus infects white blood cells
What do people with HIV develop?
AIDS (Acquited Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
Symptom of AIDS
People’s immune systems cannot defend them from secondary infections
Where is helicobacter pylori present and what does it cause?
In the stomach, and it forms ulcers which attack the stomach lining
