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What is the name of the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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What is the name of the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for bacterial meningitus?
Neisseria meningitidis
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for AIDS?
Human Immunodeficiency virus
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for influenza?
Orthomyxovividae
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for ring worm?
Trichophyton verrucosum
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for Athlete’s foot?
Dermatophytes
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis? | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for bacterial meningitus? | Neisseria meningitidis |
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for AIDS? | Human Immunodeficiency virus |
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for influenza? | Orthomyxovividae |
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for ring worm? | Trichophyton verrucosum |
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for Athlete’s foot? | Dermatophytes |
What is the name of the pathogen responsible for malaria? | Plasmodium falciparum |
How can bacteria be classified? (2 ways) | gram positive or negative - shape |
What are the 4 types of pathogen? | bacteria; viruses; fungi; protocista |
Define pathogen | Microorganisms that cause disease |
Define communicable disease | A disease which can be passed from on organism to another, caused by pathogens |
What type of pathogen causes malaria? | Protocista |
What type of pathogen causes ring worm? | fungi |
What type of pathogen causes tuberculosis? | Bacteria |
What type of pathogen causes Athlete’s foot? | Fungi |
How is malaria transmitted? | Female anopheles mosquito, when an infected mosquito bites the host, the pathogen passes into the bloodstream |
How is TB transmitted? | Active TB in cough and sneeze droplets which are then inhaled |
How is AIDS transmitted? | -unprotected sex; -breastfeeding; -sharing infected needles; (sharing bodily fluids) |
How is influenza transmitted? | Coughs and sneezes |
How is ring worm transmitted? | fungal spores can live on skin and surfaces for months, human-human contact |
How is athlete’s foot transmitted? | through contaminated surfaces person to person |
How is bacterial meningitis transmitted? | Person to person
Via things such as coughing or kissing |
What type of plants are affected by black sigatoka? | Banana plants |
What type of plants are affected by ring rot? | Potatoes |
What type of plants are affected by tobacco mosaic virus? | Tobacco /tomato plants |
What type of pathogen causes black sigatoka? | Fungus |
What type of pathogen causes ring rot? | Bacteria |
Name 3 plants diseases | Black sigatoka; Ring rot; Tobacco Mosaic virus |