Bacterial Diseases And Preventing Disease Flashcards

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What is salmonella and what does it cause

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It is a type of bacteria that causes food poisoning

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What are the symptoms of salmonella

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Fever , stomach cramps ,vomiting and diarrhoea

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What can the symptoms of salmonella be cussed by

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Toxins that the bacteria produce

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4
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How can you get salmonella food poisoning

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Wait food contaminated with salmonella bacteria e.g. - eating chicken that caught the disease when it was alive

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5
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What is most poultry given to protect it against salmonella

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Vaccination

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6
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What is Gonorrhoea

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Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted disease

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7
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What is gonorrhoea cause by

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Bacteria

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8
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What does a person with gonorrhoea get

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Pain when they urinate

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9
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What is gonorrhoea originally treated with

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An antibiotic called penecillin I

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Why has it become harder to treat gonorrhoea

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The strains of bacteria have become resistant to it

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How can the spread of disease be reduced or prevented

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Being hygienic , destroying vectors , isolation infected individuals , vaccination

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