Diseases

Question 1

Salmonella

Answer 1

PATHOGEN TYPE: Bacteria

TRANSMISSION: Eating Raw meat

SYMPTOMS: Fever, Vomiting, Diarrhoea, Abdominal cramps

PREVENTION: Cooking food properly at a high temperature

Question 2

Gonorrhoea

Answer 2

PATHOGEN TYPE: Bacteria

TRANSMISSION: Exchange of bodily fluids during sex

SYMPTOMS: Thick yellow/green discharge from penis or vagina and pain when urinating

PREVENTION: Condom

TREATMENT: Penicillin

Question 3

Malaria

Answer 3

PATHOGEN TYPE: Protist

TRANSMISSION: Vector (mosquitoes)

SYMPTOMS: Fever

PREVENTION: Mosquito net, Insect repellent

Question 4

HIV/AIDS

Answer 4

PATHOGEN TYPE: Virus

TRANSMISSION: Exchanging bodily fluids (blood)

SYMPTOMS: Flu-like

PREVENTION: Wearing a condom during sex

Question 5

Measles

Answer 5

PATHOGEN TYPE: Virus

TRANSMISSION: Air e.g sneeze

SYMPTOMS: Red skin, rash fever

PREVENTION: Vaccination

Question 6

Rose Black Spot

Answer 6

PATHOGEN TYPE: Fungus

TRANSMISSION: Water or Air

SYMPTOMS: Black spots on leaves, reduces photosynthesis

TREATMENT: Burn leaves to stop it from spreading

Question 7

Tobacco Mosaic Virus

Answer 7

PATHOGEN TYPE: Virus

SYMPTOMS: Mosaic pattern on leaves that reduce photosynthesis

Question 8

Vaccination

Answer 8

Works to prevent illness by trying to mimic what your lymphocytes do when they find a pathogen