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- 2. A dead or inactive form of a pathogen. They prevent some types of diseases such as measles, mumps, Hepatitis B.
- 4. Koch's postulates developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens that cause disease
- 6. proposed the germ theory of disease began pasteurizing(heating) milk to kill bacteria. Also developed a vaccine to Prevent Rabies
- 9. The first doctor to recognize the importance of hand-washing to PREVENT the spread of infectious diseases.
- 11. When a person has white blood cells that can rapidly make the correct antibodies to destroy/kill a pathogen.
- 12. 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.
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- 1. Drugs that destroy/kill bacteria
- 3. microorganisms that cause disease. Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, and Protozoans(parasites)
- 5. When an infectious disease spreads worldwide.
- 7. 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.
- 8. 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.
- 10. When there are lots of cases of an infectious disease in one area of the world.