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Disease

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any conidition in which the body or parts of the body do not function properly

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Infectious disease

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diseases that are caused by pathogens

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Main ways disease is spread

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direct contact with an infected person, animal or their discharges
Contaminated food and water
Disease-carrying insects

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pathogen

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harmful disease causing organism

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Bacteria infections are treated with

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antibiotics

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contagious infection

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Spread by physical contact

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How is death measured

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CFR (case fatality ratio) the percentage of infected people that die from it

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How is contagiouness measured

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the average number of people that an infected person passes the disease to, assuming R0

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what is R0

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assumption that no-one is protected by vaccination or previous exposure to the disease

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Immune system

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Special organs, cells and chemicals that fight infection (microbes)

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Main parts of immune system

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white blood cells
antibodies
complement system (proteins that assist defence e.g. burst open infected cells)
lymphatic system
spleen
bone marrow
thymus

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How many lines of defence

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3

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1st line of defence

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physucal barriers to prevent infection

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Skin

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It forms a physical barrier between the body and the outside environment

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Outer layer of skin

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he epidermis, consists of dead cells filled with the protein keratin. These cells form a tough, waterproof covering on the body, difficult to get in.

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Inside of mouth and nose are lined with

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mucous membranes

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Other organs that are exposed to substances from the environment are

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lined with mucous membranes

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mucous membranes produce

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mucous

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Mucus is

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sticky, moist secretion that covers mucous membranes. The mucus traps pathogens and particles so they can’t enter the body.

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any mucous membranes are also covered with

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cilia

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Cilia

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tiny, hair-like projections that move in waves and sweep mucus and trapped pathogens toward body openings

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Biological 1st line

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millions of bacteria that compete with harmful bacteria for food and space. They prevent the harmful bacteria from multiplying

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Chemical barriers 1st line

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Variety of fluids, including tears, saliva, and sweat.

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fluids contain enzymes called

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lysozymes which break down the cell walls of bacteria and kill them

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hydrochloric acid (stomach acid)
This acid kills most pathogens that enter the stomach in food or water
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Urine
also acidic, so few pathogens are able to grow in it.
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Air entering though nose
is filtered by hairs
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Vomiting
Quick way of getting rid of something in the stomach
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Diarrhoea
Quick of way of getting rid of something that has gone past the stomach
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When pathogen enters tissues
the affected area becomes red hot and swollen
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Histamine
hormone that increases blood flow to cells
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When bacteria enter body
damaged nearby cells trigger immune system to start
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First cells to show up
macrophages
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macrophages
very large cells that digest bacteria
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second cells to show up
neutrophils
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neutrophils
smaller cells that kill cells by vomiting harmful substances or digesting including your own,
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neutrophils self destruct
they self destruct to prevent them from hurting more than they need to, they release a net of chemicals to kill bacteria even after they die, they kill even after theyre 'dead'
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colateral proteins
bacteria inside inflamed fluid that rips apart pathogens
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second line of defence
general responses to infection
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dendritic cells
ripping apart sampled bacteria, goes around the bloodstream finding the T Cell by rubbing bacteria on it to help recognise it
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Your immune system has a type of T cell
for every disease in the universe
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when dendritic cell finds t cell
activates third line of defence by multiplying itself and splitting into two groups
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t cells at infection site
uses chemical signals to renegrise macrophages and instruct them to destroy the bacteria
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what is pus
the collection of dead white blood cells
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fever function
Making the body less favourable for replicating viruses and bacteria Assists movement of white blood cells Drives activity of certain immune proteins
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pyrogens
induce fever by triggering the hypothalamus which triggers the endocrine and nervous systems
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Once the pyrogens are no longer being released
body temperature will return to normal.
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third line of defence
identify and destroy specific pathogens build long-lasting immunity against the pathogens in case they infect the body again
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The third line of defence is made up of
specialized white blood cells.
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strength of the third line of defence is that
it can develop an effective weapon and builds immunity
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t cells not at infection site
finding B cells, when it does b cells multiply and produce lots of antibodies
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B cells
are antibody factories and can produce the right antibody for every disease in the universe
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antibodies
protein superweapons that grab, stun (by surrounding to stop them from moving), lets white blood cells destroy easier
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after bacteria is mostly gone
second and third line begin to self destruct to conserve energy
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remaining T and B cells
turn into memory cells, produce small amounts of antibodies
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antibodies help recognise
which cells are the pathogens
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Vaccinations
a type of medicine that trains the body’s immune system to simulate a pathogen to build memory against it without exposing humans to the full strength of disease
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Types of vaccines
live attenuated (live but weakened), inactive (dead) that still trigger response, subunit vaccines (made of only the part that triggers the response), DNA vaccines (mad of only the dna that triggers the response),
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downside
live attenuated pose a risk for lower immune systems, inactive doesn't build long lasting immunity,
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A vaccine triggers
third line of defence, B cells to produce antibodies and memory cells that remain in the body.
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Vacccines allow the immune system to quickly identify
and fight the pathogen in any future infection by building immunity
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