Infection & Response

• What is the cause of a communicable disease?

  Pathogen
• Communicable diseases are caused by pathogens
• Which pathogen causes measles?

  Virus
• How is HIV spread?

  Sharing needles
• Match the communicable disease with its pathogen:

  Measles ↔️ Virus

  Gonorrhea ↔️ Bacteria

  Malaria ↔️ Protozoa

  Athlete's foot ↔️ Fungus
• Mosquitoes are the vector for the spread of malaria
• Rose black spot is a fungal infection in plants
• What is the first barrier against pathogens in the body?

  Skin
• What is the function of antitoxins produced by white blood cells?

  Neutralize toxins
• Antibodies stick to the antigen on a pathogen
• Vaccines provide immunity by exposing the immune system to a dead or weakened pathogen
• What was unique about the COVID-19 vaccine?

  Used mRNA technology
• Antibiotics kill viruses

  False
• Penicillin was the first discovered antibiotic
• What is a double-blind trial designed to eliminate?

  Bias