Types of Pathogens

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What are the four types of pathogens?

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Virus, Bacteria, Fungi, Parasite.

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Which pathogen is a particle that behaves like a living thing when they get inside a body of a host?

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Virus

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We cannot see pathogens with our naked eyes. What do we use to observe them?

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A microscope

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Which pathogen causes diseases such as typhoid, tuberculosis and cholera?

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Bacteria

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What are the symptoms of a person who is infected with cholera?

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Diarrhoea, vomiting

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This living thing is not a plant nor an animal and sometimes it might cause diseases. It is an .....

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Fungus

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Fungi may cause diseases such as....

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1. Athlete's foot, eye and nail infection, ringworm

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This living thing lives in a body of a host and get their food from the host. Which type of pathogen is this?

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Parasites

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Name the diseases that are caused by parasite

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1. Malaria, yellow fever

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What is a vector?

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Vector is an insect that carries the pathogen from one host to another.