important diseases - cholera and tuberculosis

• what are bacteriophages


  viruses that infect bacteria
• what type of organism is cholera


  gram-ive bacterium
• what is the name of the bacterium that casues cholera

  vibro cholerae
• what is the source of infection for cholera


  contaminated water supplies
• what tissues are affected by cholera


  the toxins affect the human gut lining
• what are the symptoms caused by cholera when the toxins affect the human gut lining


  watery diarrhoea , severe dehydration and often death
• what is the mode of transmission for cholera


  drinking contaminated water or contaminated food
• what are the prevention techniques for cholera


  treatment of water , good hygiene and the provision clean drinking water
• how can a cholera carrier be identified


  sample of faeces or a culture bacteria
• what are the control and treatment methods of cholera


  rehydration for treatment and prevention include vaccines
• what type of molecule is an antigen


  a surface molecule
• what type of organism causes tuberculosis

  bacteria
• what is the name of the organism that causes tuberculosis

  mycobacterium tuberculosis
• what is the source of infection for tuberculosis


  other infected individuals in close proximity
• what tissues are effected by tuberculosis


  lung and neck lymph nodes
• what are the symptoms caused from tuberculosis effecting the lung and neck lymph nodes


  coughing , chest pain and coughing up blood
• what is the modes of transmission for tuberculosis


  airborne droplets though coughing and sneezing
• what is the modes of prevention for tuberculosis

  the BCG vaccine programme for children
• what is the treatment course for tuberculosis


  a long course of antibiotics