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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

HEALTH CHAPTER 24
Across
Another way communicable diseases can be transmitted. This can happen without being close to a person. (Contaminated objects, Vectors, and Water and food are ways diseases can be transmitted.)
An organism, usually like a tick, that carries and transmit pathogens to humans or other animals. (MOSQUITO)
Pathogens from a sneeze or cough. Pathogens don't settle quickly on surfaces...Examples: Chicken Pox, TB, and the flu.
An organism that causes a disease.
When careless handling of food/storage of food occurs. Causes food posioning.
Most effective way for preventing spreading of disease...We should do this many times a day!!!
Most bacteria diseases can treated with these.
Down
Occurs where food is handled improperly. (cooking food at proper temps, keeping surfaces clean, separating raw meat from other foods )
Is a condition that occurs when pathogens enter the body, multiple, and damage body cells.
Single celled microorganisms that live almost everywhere on the planet. Needed to sustain healthy lives. Examples would be Strep Throat, TB, Lyme Disease.
Type of pathogen that can cause diseases to skin, feet(athlete's foot), and lungs.
Are pieces of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat. Two most common kind are common cold and influenza.
A disease that is spread from one living thing to another or thru the environment
Most pathogens are transmitted this way. Examples: Sneezing, coughing, kissing, touching,.
Single-celled organisms that are larger and more complex than bacteria.