Biology 2024

any condition that impairs the normal body functions

passed from person to person and caused by a pathogen

singel-celled, prokaryotic reporduces via binary fission

non-cellular, non-living reproduces via host organisms’ genetic material by inserting their own

mostly skin, eukaryotic (mostly)

eukaryotic, uni-cellular

eukaryotic, multicellular

not passed form person to person (not contagious)

inheritance of a faulty chromosome

chemical toxins & radiation exposure

under nutrition or malnutrition

systems or organs not functioning properly

visible by another person; something observable e.g. tempreturre

is only detectable by the patient e.g. headache

inhibits the introduction of a disease to an area, population, or individual

the use of an agent or procedure in an attempt to cure or mitigate a disease condition e.g. a drug or a surgery

passing of a disease-causing pathogen from an infected host individual to ahother individual or group

transmitted by food e.g. salmonella

transmitted by tiny droplets of moisture during exhalation e.g. TB, COVID

transmitted by a vector (insect) e.g. malaria

transmitted by contaminated water e.g. cholera

transmitted by direct contact between people or object handled by people e.g. ringworm

transmitted by intimate sexual contact, exchanging fluids e.g. HIV

public health measures, immunity, medicine medicine: antibiotics, anti-viral, anti-malaria