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| What is it called when antibiotics don't work? |
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| What are some ways to prevent the spread of disease? |
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| Get vaccinated, keep clean/have good hygiene, wash your hands |
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| Viruses are ___________ than bacteria. |
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| Name the five types of pathogens. |
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| Virus, Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, Parasites |
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| What is the chain of infection? |
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| Agent, Reservoir, Portal of Exit, Mode of Transmission, Portal of Entry, New Host |
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| The first link of the chain of infection is the disease causing agent. |
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| What is the first stage of infection? |
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| The __________________ stage follows the incubation period. |
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| What is the definition of infectious disease? |
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| Disease caused by an agent that has invaded the body. |
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| What is the difference between strep throat and a sore throat? |
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| Strep throat is a bacterial disease while a sore throat is just bacterial. |
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| Define incubation period. |
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| It is the time when you may not show symptoms, but you're still contagious. |
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| What is the incubation period of influenza? |
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| What are the treatments of TSS? |
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| intravenous fluids and antibiotics |
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| How does the body protect itself from infectious diseases? |
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| Inflammatory response, physical barriers, immune system |
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| How do you treat a virus? |
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| You must let the virus run its course and you can only treat the symptoms. |
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| How are bacterial infections treated? |
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| What are the effects of E. coli? |
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| How can bacteria be spread? |
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| Person-to-person, Food-and-water, environment, animals |
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| What is the most common parasitic infection in the U.S.? |
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| What are the stages of infection in order? |
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| Incubation, prodromal, clinical, decline, recovery |
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| An __________ _____________ is any disease that is caused by an agent that has invaded the body. |
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| The first link of the chain of infection. |
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| How do you acquire Typhus? |
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| What is the incubation period of West Nile Encephalitis? |
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| How do you get Lymes Disease? |
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| When you have a virus you should let it __________ it's course. |
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| What causes infectious disease? |
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| What two ways are bacteria different from viruses? |
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| They are single celled (viruses are not living) and may bacteria are helpful and necessary for life. |
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| What are the bodily fluids that can transport diseases? |
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| Saliva, Semen, Blood, Mucus |
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