Biology B3 dieases

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  • Created on: 26-02-18 16:38

Salmonella

Pathogen? 

- Bacteria

Spread?

- Badly prepared raw foods

Symptoms?

- Vomiting, diarrhoea

Treatment?

- Time, in severe cases antibiotics 

Preventment?

- Keeping poultry from other foods & cooking them properly 

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HIV

Pathogen?

- Virus 

Spread?

- Sexual contact, bodily fluids (e.g. sharing needles)

Symptoms?

- Flu like symptoms at first then none for a few years as the viral infection develop into AIDS, then the person becomes susseptible to other dieases as they have a weak immune system 

Treatmeant?

- No cure but medicine can supress the symtoms and help the person lead a full, long life

Preventment? 

- Barrier Contraceptives, not sharing needles, etc. 

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Measles

Pathogen?

-Virus 

Spread?

- Droplets, (infectious)

Symptoms?

- Cold like symptoms, rash, fever 

Treatment?

- Clears within 7-10 days, but in some cases can be fatal. Painkillers help relieve symptoms

Prevention?

- Vaccination 

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Rose Black Spot

(Plants)

Pathogen?

- Fungi 

Spread? 

- Close contact with other roses 

Symptoms?

- Black Spots on Plant 

Treatment?

- Pruning leaves & fungicides 

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Tobacco Mosaic Virus

(Plant) Pathogen?

- Virus 

Spread?

- contamination of seeds before grass, plants close together 

Symptoms?

- Mosaic pattern on leaves

Treatment? 

- None 

Preventment?

- Good hygiene near plants 

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Gonorrhoea

Pathogen?

- Bacteria 

Spread?

- STD

Symptoms?

- Usually none, but can experience yellow discharge from genitals and for women abnormal vaginal bleeding

Treatment?

- Usually one antibiotics shot and one antibiotic tablet

Prevention?

- Barrier Contrceptives 

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Malaria

Pathogen?

-Protist 

Spread? 

- Female mosquito (vector) sucks blood from an infected individual and when she sucks blood from next person the malaria is transfered into the persons blood, the parasite then travels through the circulatory system affecting the liver and red blood cells. Then exits the same was it enetered the body.

Symptoms?

- Joint pain, recurring episodes of fever, shakes 

Treatment?

-Antimalarial Drugs

Prevention?

- Insect nests, insecticide

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