Microorganisms
8.L.1.1 and 8.L.1.2
Outbreak
Occurrence of a disease greater than would otherwise be expected, this is the start of a disease
Epidemic
An outbreak of a disease that affects many people in an area of a specific country or region, this is in one part not the whole place
Pandemic
An epidemic that spreads over a very large area or throughout the entire world,this is throughout a large area such as wordlwide
Vector
An organism typically an insect, that transmits disease
Pathogen
A virus,bacteria,fungie,parasite, or protozoa that can cause illness and infection
Protozoa
Diverse organisms that cannot be classified as animals,plants, or fungi
Virus
A non living pathogen that can mutate. it infects a host cell and replicates to cause illness and disease,It can be cured with a vaccine,it invades healthy cells and needs a host cell to reproduce
Bacteria
Single-celled prokaryotes that can cause disease. multiply rapidly and can form colonies,can be cured with antibiotics
Parasite
An organism that lives in or on another organism, called a host, taking nutrients and often harming it in the process
Fungi
A singled-celled or multi-cellular organism that can decompose or absorb organic matter
Host cell
A call that a virus invades, takes over, and make copies of itself
Quaritine
A time or place of isolation in which people or animals that have been exposed to infectious or contagious diseases are placed
Microbiology
The study of small living things