Infectious Diseases

drugs used to fight bacterial infection

• bacteria

• antibiotics

• virus

the bacteria or virus enters the body

• infection (stage of infection)

• recovery (stage of infection)

• incubation

the body's response to an infection by showing redness, swelling, & pain

• immunization

• mobilization (stage of infection)

• inflammation

a disease that is spread through pathogens (bacteria or virus)

• pathogen

• infectious disease

• lifestyle disease

an agent (something that makes an effect) that invade the body and cause you to be sick.

• incubation

• immunization

• pathogen

single-celled organisms (life forms) that can be treated with medication

• antibiotics

• virus

• bacteria

tiny pathogens that survive and replicate (make copies) only inside living cells; and they cannot be killed with antibiotics

• virus

• bacteria

• antibiotics

the bacteria or virus begins to multiply (getting worse)

• incubation

• immune system

• inflammation

begins to appear and the effects of the disease are beginning to be recognized (symptoms show)

• illness (stage of pathogen)

• prodromal (stage of pathogen)

• recovery (stage of pathogen)

the person is sick

• recovery (stage of pathogen)

• infection (stage of pathogen)

• illness (stage of pathogen)