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what is a non- communicable disease?
A disease that is unable to spread.
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whats a communicable disease?
A disease that can spread.
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what are examples of communicable diseases?
common cold, tuberculosis, polio, gonorrhoea
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what are pathogens?
pathogens are disease-causing viruses, bacteria, fungi or protists, which can infect animals and plants.
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what is a virus?
A non-cellular infectious organism that replicate inside of healthy living cells.
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An example of a virus in plants ?
Tobacco mosaic virus
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What does Tobacco mosaic virus do ?
reduces the plant's ability to photosynthesise and grow properly, which reduces the crop yield for farmers.
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An example of a virus in humans ?
HIV
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What can we do to prevent a viral infection ?
we cant do anything apart from get a vaccine or let it die oown n it's because they cant be killed without damaging the healthy cell
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What is a bacterial infection
It is a prokaryotic , living organism that are much larger than a virus and cannot be seen under a microscope
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An example of a bacterial infection?
gonorrhoea
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How can we prevent a bacterial infection?
We use antibiotics and medicines prescribed by the doctors
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whats a protist?
A group of microorganisms that carry the disease and pass it on
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An example of a protist?
mosquitoes
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