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  1. 1-cell-structure
    10 主题
  2. 2-biological-molecules
    19 主题
  3. 3-enzymes
    13 主题
  4. 4-cell-membranes-and-transport
    16 主题
  5. 5-the-mitotic-cell-cycle
    8 主题
  6. 6-nucleic-acids-and-protein-synthesis
    9 主题
  7. 7-transport-in-plants
    11 主题
  8. 8-transport-in-mammals
    16 主题
  9. 9-gas-exchange
    6 主题
  10. 10-infectious-diseases
    6 主题
  11. 11-immunity
    10 主题
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10-1-infectious-diseases AS infectious-diseases

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Exam code:9700

Infectious diseases

  • A disease is an illness or disorder of the body or mind that leads to poor health

  • Infectious diseases are caused by pathogens and are transmissible

    • Transmissible means they can be spread between individuals within a population

Term

Definition

Example

Infectious, or communicable, disease

Diseases caused by pathogens that can be transmitted from infected to uninfected people.

Some can transmit from animals to people, or people to animals

Cholera

Tuberculosis (TB)

Malaria

HIV/AIDS

Non-infectious disease

Diseases that are not caused by pathogens, but that may instead be inherited, or related to lifestyle factors or life events

Lung cancer

Sickle cell disease

Depression

Coronary heart disease

Common pathogens & their diseases

  • Examples of infectious diseases of worldwide importance are

    • Cholera

    • Malaria

    • Tuberculosis (TB)

    • HIV/ AIDS

  • The number of people infected with these diseases across the world remains very high

    • These diseases pose serious public health problems

  • These diseases are all caused by pathogens

    • Understanding the pathogen and its method of transmission are important in reducing the spread of disease

Disease

Pathogen

Type of organism

Cholera

Vibrio cholerae

Bacterium

Malaria

Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium vivax

Protist

TB

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis

Bacterium

HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Virus

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