Infectious disease

Infectious disease

By Jason Gvazdauskas

Topic 8.15: Pathogens and Infectious Diseases

EIN-3.D.1: Pathogens adapt to take advantage of new opportunities to infect and spread through human populations. 

EIN-3.D.2: Specific pathogens can occur in many environments regardless of the appearance of sanitary conditions. 

EIN-3.D.3: As equatorial-type climate zones spread north and south in to what are currently subtropical and temperate climate zones, pathogens, infectious diseases, and any associated vectors are spreading into these areas where the disease has not previously been known to occur. 

EIN-3.D.4: Poverty-stricken, low-income areas often lack sanitary waste disposal and have contaminated drinking water supplies, leading to havens and opportunities for the spread of infectious diseases. 

Topic 8.15: Pathogens and Infectious Diseases

EIN-3.D.5: Plague is a disease carried by organisms infected with the plague bacteria. It is transferred to humans via the bite of an infected organism or through contact with contaminated fluids or tissues. 

EIN-3.D.6: Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that typically attacks the lungs. It is spread by breathing in the bacteria from the bodily fluids of an infected person. 

EIN-3.D.7: Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by bites from infected mosquitoes. It is most often found in sub-Saharan Africa. EIN-3.D.8: West Nile virus is transmitted to humans via bites from infected mosquitoes. 

EIN-3.D.9: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a form of pneumonia. It is transferred by inhaling or touching infected fluids. 

EIN-3.D.10: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory illness that is transferred from animals to humans. EIN-3.D.11: Zika is a virus caused by bites from infected mosquitoes. It can be transmitted through sexual contact. 

EIN-3.D.12: Cholera is a bacterial disease that is contracted from infected water.

Multiple Choice

What do scientists call bacteria and viruses that can make people sick?  

• diseases
• vaccines
• antibodies
• pathogens

Open Ended

Name a pathogen and the disease it causes.

Multiple Choice

How are bacterial cells different from the cells of eukaryotes?

• The bacteria are prokaryotes, and the genetic material is not contained in the nuclei.

• The bacteria are eukaryotes, and the genetic material is not contained in the nuclei.

• The bacteria are prokaryotes, and the genetic material is contained in the nuclei.

• The bacteria are eukaryotes, and the genetic material is contained in the nuclei.

Multiple Choice

A process by which bacteria reproduce asexually

• binary fission

• cellular respiration

• pasteurization

• decomposers

Multiple Choice

Which pathogen is treated with antibiotics?

• virus

• bacteria

• parasite

• fungi

Multiple Choice

An infectious disease:

• can be spread from person to person.
• can not be spread from person to person.

Multiple Choice

The best way to prevent a viral infection is to

• take antibiotics

• take antiviral meds

• get a vaccination

• Stay away from sick people

Multiple Choice

Which pathogen is non-living?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Parasite/Protist

• They are all alive

Multiple Choice

Viruses reproduce themselves by...

• dividing into two identical copies
• causing cells to transform into viruses
• making host cells reproduce copies of the viruses
• planting eggs inside host organisms

Multiple Choice

Communicable diseases are cause by:

• Antibodies

• Biceps

• Neurons

• Pathogens

Multiple Choice

Which word means the severity of disease

• incidence

• virulence

• pathogenicity

• taxogenicity

Multiple Choice

The example of diseases that spread through the air is . . ..

• Tuberculosis

• chickenpox

• skin disease

• diarrhea

Multiple Choice

How is Malaria spread?

• rats

• mosquitos

• air

• bodily fluids

Multiple Choice

What Does The Zika Virus Cause?

• Birthday affects

• Headaches

• Sleepyness

• Birth Defects

Multiple Choice

The Zika Virus is transmitted by a mosiquito

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Athlete's foot is an example of this pathogen

• Bacteria
• Virus
• Fungus
• Protozoan

Multiple Choice

a class of organisms that feed primarily on dead material that can cause illness.

• fungi

• protozoas

• bacteria

Multiple Choice

Which pathogen has spores that are carried through the air?

• protist/parasite

• fungi

• bacteria

• virus

​3. Protozoa

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CHARACTERISTICS

• are one-cell organisms that love moisture and often spread diseases through water

• Some protozoa cause intestinal infections that lead to diarrhea, nausea, and belly pain.

Multiple Choice

Unicellular eukaryotic organisms capable of movement:may cause infections (malaria, African sleeping sickness

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Protozoa

Multiple Choice

How does human acquires malaria?

• Ingestion of contaminated food

• Biting of vector

• Swimming in infected lake

• Use homemade solution for contact lense

Multiple Choice

How can the rate of an infectious disease be drastically reduced?

• by taking medication daily

• by preventing transmission between people

• by wearing clean clothing daily

• by performing dental hygiene three times each day

Multiple Choice

The best way to prevent a viral infection is to

• take antibiotics

• take antiviral meds

• get a vaccination

• Stay away from sick people

Multiple Choice

Diarrhea and cholera are examples of diseases that spread . . . .

• through food and water

• through the air

• by animals

• by physical contact