pathogens Flashcards

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1
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give a symptom of cholera

A

severe diarrheoa

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2
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what does the bacterium from tuberculosis(TB) do to the body?

A

infects and damges the lungs

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3
Q

give some symptoms of (TB)

A

blood-specked mucus after coughing

fever

weight loss

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4
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what sort of disease are cholera and TB?

A

communicable

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5
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who are the host for cholera and TB?

A

humans

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6
Q

what are plants often infected by?

A

fungi

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7
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give an example of a plant communicable disease

A

chalara dieback

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8
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how is malari caused?

A

a protist called Plasmodium

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9
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what effects does malaria have on the body and what are the symptoms?

A

multiplies in red blood cells and liver cells

fever, weakness and sickness

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10
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why are viruses not true organisms?

A

they don’t have a cellular structure

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11
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how do viruses multiply?

A

by infecting a cell and taking over the cell’s DNA-copying processes

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12
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what does the ebola virus do to the body and what does this cause?

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breaks down blood vessels, liver and kidney cells

leads to internal bleeding and fever - haemorrhagic fever

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13
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what does HIV stand for?

A

human immunodeficiency virus

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14
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what does HIV do?

A

attacks and destroys white blood cells in the immune system

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15
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what do people with HIV often develop and why?

A

AIDS

immune system can’t protect them from secondary infections

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