Viral, Fungal and Protist disease

Cards (29)

  • Measles is a viral disease that is spread by droplets of a persons sneeze or cough
  • measles gives you a red skin rash and fever
  • Measles can be fatal if there are complications
  • Measles can lead to pneumonia and brain inflammation
  • Most people are vaccinated when they’re young
  • HIV is a virus spread by sexual contact by sharing bodily fluids or needles being shared
  • HIV initially starts with flu like symptoms, during this time the they treated with antiretroviral drugs
  • Antiretroviral drugs stop the virus replicating in your body
  • HIV attacks the immune cells
  • If the immune system becomes badly damaged it can’t deal with other infection. Then it’s known as AIDS
  • Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is a virus that causes discoloured leaves
  • Due to discolouration the leaves can no longer carry out photosynthesis so growth is stunted
  • Rose black spot is a fungal disease that cause purple or black spots to develop on the leaves of rose Plants. The leaves turn yellow and drop off
  • Photosynthesis cannot happen and the plant stops growing
  • Rose black spot spreads through the wind or water
  • Gardeners can treat it with fungicides and strip the plants affected leaves.these need to be destroyed.
  • Malaria is caused by protists
  • Malaria protist disease life cycle takes place in a mosquito vector
  • Mosquitos pick up the virus when they feed on an infected animal
  • Malaria causes repeated episode of fever and can be fatal
  • Salmonella is a type of bacteria that causes food poisoning
  • Salmonella can make you suffer from fever, stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea
  • Salmonella is caught by eating food that’s been contaminated with salmonella bacteria
  • In the UK most poultry is given a vaccination against salmonella
  • Gonorrhoea is and STD caused by bacteria
  • It cause yellow/green discharge to release from the penis or vagina
  • Gonorrhoea was originally treated with penicillin but strains of the bacteria have become resistant to it
  • To prevent the spread people are treated with antibiotics
  • To prevent or reduce spread:
    • Be hygienic
    • vaccination
    • isolation
    • destroying the vectors