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B5.2 Pathogens and Disease - Coggle Diagram
B5.2 Pathogens and Disease
What are the two different types of diseases
Communicable
Can be transmitted via direct contact or inhalation
Include HIV, flu and measles
Non-comunicable
Cannot be transmitted via direct contact or inhalation
Include cancer and genetic illnesses
What are the four types of microbes that can make you sick
Protist
Most common form of disease in plants
Fungi
Bacteria
Makes you sick by reproducing rapidly via binary fission and produce toxins that damage you cells
Viruses
Most common pathogen
Most common form of disease in humans
Invade your cells, reproduce inside them and them make them self destruct causing millions of virus molecules to spew out
How do pathogens spread
By air, if someone sneezes on you, their pathogens are in the sneeze
By direct contact with an infected
Via water, fungal spores are carried via water and arrive on soil with plants to infect