plant and animal diseases

• organism that TB affects + type of pathogen


  Animals

  Bacterium
• organism that bacterial meningitis affects + type of pathogen


  humans, Bacterium
• organism that ring rot affects + type of pathogen


  Potatoes and tomatoes, Bacterium
• organism that black Sigatoka affects+ type of pathogen


  Banana plants, Fungus
• organism that ringworm affects + type of pathogen

  animals, Fungus
• organism that athletes foot affects + type of pathogen


  humans, fungus
• organism that malaria affects + type of pathogen


  animals, Protoctist
• organism that Potato/tomato blight affects + type of pathogen

  potatoes/ tomatoes, Fungus
• organism that HIV/AIDS affects + type of pathogen

  humans, virus
• organism that influenza affects+ type of pathogen

  Animals- including humans, virus
• organism that tobacco mosaic virus affects + type of pathogen


  plants, virus
• symptoms of TB


  Cough (with bloody phlegm)

  Night sweats

  Tiredness and fatigue

  Weight loss

  Fever
• symptoms of Bacterial Meningitis

  Headaches

  Red rash

  Death
• symptoms of Ring rot

  Discolouration and loss of texture

  Damages leaves tubers and fruit

  Skin is sunken, dry and cracked

  Wilting
• symptoms of Black Sigatoka

  Leaves turn black/ rusty brown

  Dying / dead leaves
• symptoms of Ringworm

  Causes grey- white crusty circular areas of skin
• symptoms of Athletes foot

  Redness

  Flakiness

  Scaling

  Itchiness between toes
• symptoms of Malaria

  Fever

  Headache

  Vomiting
• symptoms of Potato/tomato blight

  Large brown botches on potatoes

  Potato tubers are shrunken and soft

  Dry brown rot on tomatoes
• symptoms of HIV/AIDS

  Fever

  Chills

  Night sweats

  Rash

  Sore throat
• symptoms of Influenza

  Kills collated epithelium cells, leaving airways open to secondary infection e.g pneumonia
• symptoms of Tobacco Mosaic virus

  Stunts growth

  Reduces yield

  Damages leaves, flowers and fruit
• transmission of TB

  Droplet infection (indirect transmission)
• transmission of Bacterial Meningitis

  Direct contact or droplet infection
• transmission of Ring rot

  Direct contact of a healthy plant with any part of a diseased plant
• transmission of Black Sigatoka

  Direct contact of a healthy plan with any part of a diseased plant, soil contamination, wind as a vector (indirect contact)
• transmission of Ringworm

  Direct contact or Fomites
• transmission of Athletes foot

  Spread by contact with infected person or contaminated surfaces
• transmission of Malaria

  Direct contact or inoculation of infected mosquito bite
• transmission of Potato/tomato blight

  Indirect contact- spores of the pathogen can be carried in the wind or transported by raindrop splashes
• transmission of HIV/AIDS


  Unprotected sex

  Shared needles

  Contaminated blood products
• transmission of Influenza


  Droplet infection
• transmission of Tobacco Mosaic virus


  Direct contact of plants or animals

  Soil contamination

  Vectors (pathogens in the wind)

  Water
• treatment of TB


  6 month course of 4 antibiotics
• treatment of Bacterial Meningitis


  Antibiotics
• treatment of Ring rot

  No cure
• treatment of Black Sigatoka


  No cure
• treatment of Ringworm


  Anti-fungal creams
• treatment of Athletes foot

  Anti-fungal creams, sprays or powders
• treatment of Malaria


  No vaccine and limited cures