Infectious Dieases
What is microbiology ?
What is a virus ?
What is a bacteria ?
What is fungi ?
What is a parasite ?
Defeniton of Outbreak
Defenition of Eepidemic.
Defention of Pandemic.
Similarties between Pandemic and Epidemic
Important vocabulary.
Epidemic- An outbreak of a disease that affects many people in an area of a specifc country or region.
Pandemic- An epidemic that spreads over a very large area or throughtout the entire world.
Vector-An orgamism typically an insect that transmits disease.
Pathogen- A virus,bacteria,fungi,parasite,or protazoa, that can cause illiness and infection.
Protazoa- Diverse organisms that cannot be classified as animals,plants,fungi,
Virus- A non-living pathogen that can change mutate. It infects a host cell and replicates to cause illness and disease.
Bacteria- Single-celled prokaryotes that can cause disease. Multiply rapidly and can form colonies.
Parasite- An organism that lives in or on another organism called a host taking nurtrients and often harming it in the process
Fungi- A single-celled or multi-cellular organism that can decompose or absorb organic matter.
Host cell- A cell that a virus invades and takes over and makes copies of itsself
Quaratine- A time or place of isolation in which people or animals that have been exposed to infectious disease or contagious disease are placed