Pathogenic Diseases
- Created by: aKayc
- Created on: 18-05-20 13:48
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- Different Diseases
- Viruses
- Flu
- Travels through the air in droplets. Can be transferred to objects. No effective treatment like below...
- Tobacco Mosaic Virus
- Destroys plant cells. Affects the growth of the plant as the affected area cannot photosynthesise. There is no treatment, and can remain infectious in soil for 50 years.
- Measles
- Very contagious and can be spread through coughs sneezes etc. There is no effective treatment, only medicine to boost immune response.
- Polio
- Polio can go through water and infect objects. Long-term symptoms can be reduced
- Rabies
- This virus is spread through the saliva of infected animals. There is no effective treatment as it is usually fatal.
- Flu
- Bacteria
- Salmonella
- Caused by eating bacteria from raw or under cooked meat, eggs etc. Symptoms can be treated.
- MRSA
- This bacteria is resistant to most bacteria. Many people get it in hospital, but it can be deadly if you are already weak from something else.
- TB
- It can affect your lungs. If your immune system is well then it should be able to fight it and stop you getting it.
- Cholera
- Can get it by eating contaminated food or drinking bad water. Needs immediate treatment.
- Meningitis
- This travels through the bloodstream, and caan be contracted through droplets in the air
- Salmonella
- Protists
- Malaria
- Malaria is spread by mosquitoes who carry the parasite. It can be treated by Anti-malarial drugs
- Leishmaniasis
- This is caused by the bite of a sand-fly which carries the parasite.
- Dysentery
- This is spread because of poor hygiene. The immune system takes about a week to fight it.
- Malaria
- Fungi
- Athletes Foot
- Can be got throughcontaminated surfaces. It thrives in warm moist conditions.
- Rose Black Spot
- The spores of this are blown by the wind. They spread after rain. when it drips from leaf to leaf. The disease cannot be prevented or cured.
- Ash Dieback
- Spread via windblown spores from infected ash trees. Can only be managed, not treated.
- Athletes Foot
- Viruses
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