Microbiology

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  1. 2. A non-living sub-microscopic particle that must infect living plant or animal cells to reproduce. Not made of cells. Examples: rabies, cold, flu, measles, Hepatitis B, AIDS, others.
  2. 7. What were doing right now.
  3. 8. When an infectious disease spreads worldwide.
  4. 9. Special proteins which destroys/kills pathogens (made by white blood cells)
  5. 10. microorganisms that cause disease. Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi and Protozoans(parasites).
  6. 11. Drugs that destroy/kill bacteria
  7. 12. When there are lots of cases of an infectious disease in one area of the world.
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  1. 1. Plasmodium causes Malaria. It is transmitted by the anopheles mosquito through its saliva when it sucks blood. It is a one-celled, animal-like protist that can live in water, soil, and living and dead organisms.
  2. 3. When a person has white blood cells that can rapidly make the correct antibodies to destroy/kill a pathogen.
  3. 4. A one-celled prokaryotic microorganism without a nucleus. Cause disease by rapidly reproducing and making toxins which damage our body cells. Examples: Lyme disease, cholera, tuberculosis, strep throat, tetanus and others.
  4. 5. treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens(Louis Pasteur) This process is used to make milk safe to drink.
  5. 6. A dead or inactive form of a pathogen. They prevent some types of diseases such as measles, mumps, Hepatitis B.