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Diseases we need to know (How to reduce/prevent spread of disease (Being…
Diseases we need to know
Viral
Measels
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Can be fatal if there are complications eg. can lead to pneumonia (lung infection) or encephalitis (brain infection)
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HIV
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Causes flu-like symptoms for a few weeks then nothing for a few years - can be controlled with antiretroviral drugs which stop the virus from replicating
Virus attacks immune cells - at stage where system is so damaged it cannot cope with cancer or other infections is known as AIDS - late stage of HIV
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Fungal
Rose Black Spot
Causes purple or black sports to develop on leaves of rose plants - causes leaves to turn yellow and drop off
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Gardeners treat it using fungicides and by stripping the plant of its affected leaves, which are then destroyed. and the tools used are sterilised
Protist
Malaria
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Later after the parasite has completed its 8 day cycle when the mosquito has its blood mean it transmits the disease to an uninfected human through their blood vessel
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Bacterial
Salmonella
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Infected people suffer from fever, stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea
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Gonorrhoea
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Symptoms are pain when urinating, thick yellow or green discharge from vagina or penis
Originally treated with penicillin, but bacteria are now resistant
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