Infectious vs Non-Infectious Disease

An agent that causes an infectious disease is called a pathogen

• False

• True

Which of the following isn't a non-infectious disease

• Obesity

• Beri Beri

• Influenza

• Diabetes

What is responsible for detecting differences between the body's own cells and cells of another organism?

• The endocrine system

• The immune system

• The brain

• The cardiovascular system

Non-infectious diseases can be spread from person to person

• True

• False

A communicable disease is one that is

• transmitted via people talking

• transmitted from one organism to another

• transmitted via people using communication devices

• not caused by a pathogen

The time between infection and the onset of symptoms is called the

• infection period

• susceptibility period

• incubation period

• resistant period

Which of the following is not a genetic disease

• cystic fibrosis

• phenylketonuria

• malaria

• haemophilia

Which of the following is incorrect for autoimmune diseases?

• They are non-infectious diseases

• They can be communicable

• They are conditions where the autoimmune system attacks the body's own tissues

• Multiple sclerosis