Science Workshop - Classes of Infectious Microorganisms

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What are the four different classes of infections?
Bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic/protozoal.
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What organism has no enclosed nucleus?
Bacteria
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What is bacteria in the blood called?
Bacteraemia
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Where is the only place a virus can replicate?
Inside a living cell
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What is the term for when a virus undergoes alteration of identity?
Antigenic variation
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What is the 3rd stage of the viral life cycle?
Uncoating
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Disease produced by fungi is called what?
Tineas
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What does a fungus lack?
Chlorophyll
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What is the term for when a fungus can grow as both multi-celled moulds and a single celled yeast?
Dimorphic
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What is a parasite?
Any living thing that lives in or on another organism
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What is a protozoa?
A single celled parasitic organsim
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What is the main route of transmission in parasitic and protozoal infections?
Vector
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What is the term for when a virus undergoes alteration of identity?

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