Disease-Causing Pathogens

Organisms that cause diseases are called?

• Pathogens

• Hosts

• Phagocytes

• Toxins

Viruses are the smallest disease-causing organisms.

• True

• False

The study of the spread of disease is called?

• Pathology

• Biology

• Epidemiology

• Anatomy

Which pathogen causes Malaria?

• Protist

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

Organisms that cause infectious disease are called

• pathogens.

• hosts.

• antibodies.

• nosocomial.

Infectious diseases are caused by an organism such as a virus or a bacterium, which is called a:

• Carcinogen

• Pathogen

• Toxicant

• Pandemic

Which type of pathogen is responsible for causing the flu, chicken pox, and yellow fever?

• viruses

• parasites

• fungi

• bacteria

Name some common types of pathogens

• Virus, Bacteria, Fungi

• Virus, Sugar, Bacteria

• Bacteria, Amino Acids

• Dogs, Bacteria

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

• diseases

• vaccines

• antibodies

• pathogens

There was a Salmonella outbreak at the local schoolhouse. Which would best explain the type of outbreak that has occurred?

• It is an epidemic, because a lot of students got sick at school.

• It is a pandemic, because a lot of students got sick at school.

• It is an epidemic, because it spread over a large region.

• It is a pandemic, because it spread over a small region.