Pathogens

Organisms that cause disease are called __________________.

• hosts

• pathogens

• Phagocytes

• Flagellum

What sort of pathogen causes influenza (flu)?

• A bacterium
• A virus
• A fungus
• A protist

Which pathogen is treated with antibiotics?

• virus

• bacteria

• parasite

• fungi

What type of disease transmission is most likely represented by the graph shown below?

• Person to person.

• Foodborne.

• Airborne.

• Foodborne and airborne.

A disease that moves from one continent to another new continent is known as a/an ______________________ disease.

• epidemic

• endemic

• pandemic

• sporadic

The common cold is what type of pathogen?

• virus

• protozoa

• fungus

• bacteria

• parasite

When a pathogen is moved from person to person through physical touch (kissing, hugging, close-up sneezing, shaking hands).

• Transmission

• Translation

• Emission

• Direct Contact

• Indirect Contact

Pathogens spread from person to person by objects (chairs, medical equipment, office supplies, doorknobs, etc.)

• Direct Contact

• Indirect Contact

• Airborne Transmission

• Foodborne Tranmission

• Vector-Borne Transmission

Which pathogen has spores that are carried through the air?

• protist/parasite

• fungi

• bacteria

• virus

Viruses reproduce themselves by...

• dividing into two identical copies
• causing cells to transform into viruses
• making host cells reproduce copies of the viruses
• planting eggs inside host organisms

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