Types of disease

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Front (Question)

What is a disease caused by?

Back (Answer)

Pathogens

Front (Question)

What is an infectious disease caused by?

Back (Answer)

Infectious agent or pathogen

Front (Question)

What is an infection?

Back (Answer)

An invasion of the body by pathogens

Front (Question)

What are the 2 types of pathogen?

Back (Answer)

Microorganism and macroorganism

Front (Question)

What are microorganisms?

Back (Answer)

Bacteria, fungi and viruses

Front (Question)

What are macroorganisms?

Back (Answer)

Visible to the naked eye - e.g. worms, ticks and mites

Front (Question)

How do macroorganisms cause disease?

Back (Answer)

As a direct result of their activation or serve as vectors for transmission of other infectious agents

Front (Question)

What are the types of pathogen?

Back (Answer)

Virus, bacterium, fungus, protozoal parasite and multicellular parasite

Front (Question)

How do pathogens cause harm?

Back (Answer)

Directly damaging the tissue or through the release of toxins

#10

Front (Question)

What diseases to bacteria cause?

Back (Answer)

Tuberculosis and ring rot

#11

Front (Question)

What disease do viruses cause?

Back (Answer)

HIV/AIDS, influenza and tobacco mosaic virus

#12

Front (Question)

What disease do protoctista cause?

Back (Answer)

Malaria and tomato/potato blight

#13

Front (Question)

What disease do fungi cause?

Back (Answer)

Black sigatoka and athletes foot

#14

Front (Question)

How are prokaryotic cells classified?

Back (Answer)

By their shape or cell wall structure

#15

Front (Question)

What are the different shapes of prokaryotic cells?

Back (Answer)

Rod (bacilli), spherical (cocci), comma (vibrio), spiralled (spirilla) and corkscrew (spirochaetes)

#16

Front (Question)

What d the 2 types of cell walls determine?

Back (Answer)

Whether a bacterium is classified as gram-positive or gram-negative

#17

Front (Question)

What can tuberculosis infect?

Back (Answer)

Humans, deer, cows, pigs and badgers

#18

Front (Question)

How does tuberculosis cause harm?

Back (Answer)

It damages lung tissue and suppresses the immune system

#19

Front (Question)

How does tuberculosis spread?

Back (Answer)

Generally airborne in droplet from coughs and sneezes and overcrowding with poor sanitation

#20

Front (Question)

What does ring rot infect?

Back (Answer)

Potato’s and tomato’s

#21

Front (Question)

How does ring rot cause damage?

Back (Answer)

It damages leaves, tubers and fruit which can destroy 80% of plant

#22

Front (Question)

How does ring rot spread?

Back (Answer)

Contaminated soil, human vectors and if a field is infected, it can’t be used for 2 years

#23

Front (Question)

What does HIV infect?

Back (Answer)

Humans

#24

Front (Question)

How does HIV cause damage?

Back (Answer)

It targets T helper cells, gradually destroying immune system