"It's a microorganism that causes, or can cause disease" This definition refers to:
Pathogen
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Four examples of pathogens are:
bacteria-viruses-fungi-protists
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Mention two diseases caused by bacterial infections:
food poisoning-gastritis-respiratory infections-urinary infections-reproductive system infections-skin and eye problems-nervous system diseases
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Mention three diseases caused by a virus:
AIDS - flu - mumps
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What causes athlete's foot?
A pathogenic fungi.
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Mention two diseases caused by protists:
Malaria - sleeping sickness
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Explain how is Malaria transmitted from person to person?
Infected mosquito bites a person and infects that person. A mosquito bites the infected person and a healthy person, then the healthy person gets infected as w
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Mention three non-infectious diseases:
cancer - diabetes - chronic kidney disease - cardiovascular problems
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Which conditions are risk factors for non-infectious diseases?
obesity - physical inactivity - drugs like tobacco and alcohol
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What kind of disease is cancer?
non-infectious disease
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What kind of disease is nail fungal infection?
infectious disease
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What kind of disease is AIDS?
Infectious disease
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What kind of disease is food poisoning?
infectious disease
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What kind of disease is chronic kidney disease?
non-infectious disease
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Why do you think physical inactivity is a risk factor for non-infectious disease?
