Infectious Disease Pretest

Infectious Diseases are those caused by ____

• genetics or the environment
• genetics only
• the environment only

Antigens are ____

• identification markers on the surface of cells
• identification markers in the nucleus of cells
• "fighters" that attack foreign bodies
• a type of fungus

_______ are proteins that attach to specific antigens on foreign cells

• Vaccines
• Antibodies
• Red blood cells
• Antigens

Which one does not cause infectious diseases?

• Bacteria

• Viruses

• Fungi

• Antibodies

Pathogens spread from person to person by

• drinking from the same glass

• through the air

• kissing

• all of the above

Ticks can carry what diseases?

• Lyme disease

• Yellow Fever

• Rocky Mountain spotted fever

• encephalitis

drugs used to fight bacterial infection

• bacteria

• antibiotics

• virus

the body's response to an infection by showing redness, swelling, & pain

• immunization

• mobilization (stage of infection)

• inflammation

a disease that is spread through pathogens (bacteria or virus)

• pathogen

• infectious disease

• lifestyle disease

an agent (something that makes an effect) that invade the body and cause you to be sick.

• incubation

• immunization

• pathogen