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Infectious Disease - Coggle Diagram
Infectious Disease
Viruses
Not considered to be living organisms
They do not eat or require energy to live
Cannot reproduce without infecting living cells
Cannot survive without a living host
There is no cure for viruses but they are treated with antiviral medications to help ease symptoms.
Bacteria
Unicellular microorganisms
Can live without a host for at least sometime
There are good bacteria and bad bacteria
Bacterial infections are treated with antibiotics.
Fungi
There are good types and bad types
Fungus grows in warm, moist and dark places
Fungi cannot make their own food.
Fungal infections are treated with antifungal medications
Parasites
A tapeworm infection is an example or a parasite.
They live on or in the tissue of a host
They a lot of times will harm the host