Protist And Bacterial Diseases

Question 1

Give an example of a disease spread by a vector

Answer 1

Malaria

Question 2

Which vector is malaria spread by?

Answer 2

Mosquitoes

Question 3

What does malaria cause?

Answer 3

Repeating episodes of fever, it can be fatal.

Question 4

How can you protect yourself against malaria?

Answer 4

Mosquito nets and insecticides

Question 5

What is salmonella?

Answer 5

Salmonella is a type of bacteria that causes food poisoning.

Question 6

What are the affects of salmonella?

Answer 6

Infected people can suffer from fever, stomach cramps, vomiting, and diarrhoea

Question 7

How do you get salmonella?

Answer 7

By eating food that’s been contaminated with salmonella bacteria.

Question 8

What is gonorrhoea?

Answer 8

Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD)

Question 9

How is gonorrhoea spread?

Answer 9

Sexual contact

Question 10

What are the affects of gonorrhoea?

Answer 10

A person with gonorrhoea will get pain when they urinate. Another symptom is yellow or green discharge from the vagina or penis.

Question 11

How was gonorrhoea originally treated?

Answer 11

With penicillin

Question 12

Why is gonorrhoea not treated with penicillin anymore?

Answer 12

The bacteria have become resistant to the antibiotic

Question 13

How can the spread of gonorrhoea be prevented?

Answer 13

Antibiotics, and use barrier methods of contraception such as condoms