b5 2 Flashcards
1
Q
How do viruses make you ill?
A
Produce inside body cells causing damage
2
Q
How does gonorrhoea spread?
A
sexual contact
3
Q
How does malaria affect the body?
A
Damages blood and liver cells
4
Q
How is malaria spread?
A
By mosquitoes
5
Q
List at least two ways pathogens can be spread
A
By air/droplet infection, direct contact, water
6
Q
Name a viral disease in plants.
A
Tobacco mosaic virus
7
Q
How can measles spread?
A
Droplet infection
8
Q
Name the pathogen that causes AIDS.
A
HIV(Human immunodeficiency virus)
9
Q
State a long-term effect of gonorrhoea.
A
Long-term pelvic pain, infertility, ectopic pregnancies
10
Q
State a symptom of gonorrhoea.
A
Yellow/green discharge from penis/vagina; pain on urination
