Cards (8)

  • what is a pathogen?
    a microorgansim the causes disease
  • what are the 4 types of pathogen?
    virus, fungi, bacteria, protists
  • how do viruses infect us?
    use the cells macinery to produce more copies of themselves, cell bursts relesing all virues
  • example of a virus
    measles
  • example of a bacteria
    gonorrhoea
  • example of a protist
    malaria
  • how fungi infect us
    damage cells
  • example of a fungi
    athleats foot