communicable diseases

These are tiny microorganisms that infect or invade the body and attack body cells and tissues

• bacteria

• pathogen

• viruses

• fungi

Pneumonia is a sickness caused by pathogen called_____.

• bacteria

• fungi

• virus

• parasitic worms

Rickettsias need living cell in order to grow and multiply, which of the following is a rickettsias?

• small pox

• chicken pox

• Ticks

• Dysentery

Athlete’s foot is a disease caused by pathogen called ____

• bacteria

• Fungi

• virus

• Parasite

A viral communicable disease caused by entering the respiratory system and causes sickness

• rabies

• colds

• warts

• malaria

A pathogen that causes amoebic dysentery

• protozoa

• parasite

• warts

• virus

A group of pathogens which includes helminths

• bacteria

• parasite

• bacteria

• virus

Helminth that lives in the intestines and causes a serious illness

• scoliosis

• Trichinosis

• Bilharziasis

• Schistosomiasis

This is one way of preventing helminths

• Taking medicine

• Exercise

• Maintain cleanliness

• Eating good food

Diseases that are caused by the direct and indirect spread of pathogens from one person to another

• non-communicable

• emerging

• communicable

• re-emerging