infectious diseases

a harmful invasion and spread of foreign species, or pathogen, in a host.

small pox, measles, influenza and ebola

cow’s disease

tuberculosis, pneumonia, salmonella and anthrax

athlete’s foot and ring worm

malaria, toxoplasmosis and algae

non-living

capsid-protein coat a nucleic acid-dna or rna

they reproduce in cells

they hijack a living host cell and use it’s cellular machinery to replicate and build new virus particles

diagnosis is done by virus isolation , ELISA and PCR testing. a decrease in lymphocytes can also indicate a viral infection

no, antibiotics kill bacteria, and therefore have no effect on viruses

all bacteria are prokaryotic, unicellular

it depends on the type of bacteria but can include fever, pain, swelling, vomiting, diarrhea, formation of pus, and even abortion

body fluids can be sampled and cultured to grow and identify the bacterial pathogen

antibiotics however, treatment can vary

yes, bacteria adapts quickly and so they may become resistant to antibiotics

fungi is a decomposer that occasionally doesnt wait until an organism is dead to feed on it

fungal infections are mostly on the surface/epidermal, however, despite it being rare, some become invasive

protozoa are unicellular animal-like protists

many protozoa have insect vectors which will transmit pathogens from one host to another

platyhelminthes

tape worms, flukes (liver fluke) and schistosoma