Communicable Diseases Flashcards
How can AIDS make make people more susceptible to other diseases?
HIV destroys white blood cells/ weakens the immune system so the body is unable to destroy the pathogen
Communicable diseases
-passed on from person to person
-caused by pathogens
-cannot be inherited
Cholera
-bacterial
-transmitted through infected water
-prevent drinking clean water
-symptoms include diarrhoea
TB
-bacterial
-transmitted through air
-prevent by isolating
-symptoms include lung damage
Chlamydia
-bacterial
-transmitted through bodily fluids
-prevent with condoms
-symptoms include infertility
Gonorrhoea
-bacterial
-transmitted through bodily fluids
-prevent with condoms
-symptoms include yellow discharge
Rose black spot
-fungal
-transmitted through water and air
-prevent by removing infected plant
-symptoms include black dots and yellow leaves (prevents photosynthesis)
Chalara ash dieback
-fungal
-transmitted through air (spores)
-prevent by removing infected plant
-symptoms include black dots and leaf loss (prevents photosynthesis)
HIV
-viral
-transmitted through bodily fluids
-prevent with condoms
-symptoms include weak immune system
Ebola
-viral
-transmitted through bodily fluids
-prevent with isolation
-symptoms include hemorrhagic fever
Measles
-viral
-transmitted through airborne droplets
-prevent with vaccination
-symptoms include rash/ fever
Tobacco mosaic virus
-viral
-transmitted by aphids
-prevent by removing infected plant
-symptoms include yellow discolouration
Malaria
-protist
-transmitted through an insect vector (mosquitoes)
-prevent with nets, insect repellent
-symptoms include fever, damaged red blood cells
Stomach ulcers
-heliobacter bacteria
-oral transmission
What are antibiotics?
Medicines that kill bacteria by inhibiting their cell processes
