Infections Pt 5

What is an infectious disease?

• A disease that can be spread from person to person

• A disease that cannot be spread from person to person

A protein made by white blood cells to fight a specific pathogen.

• Antibody
• Antivirus
• Allegra
• Allotment

A disease that can be passed from one person to another through pathogens.

• Communicable disease
• Noncommunicable disease

True or False?
The immune system is made up of a network of cells, tissue, and organs that work together to protect the body

• True
• False

What is one of the ways that antibiotics work? 

• They can stop bacteria from reproducing
• They can stop viruses from reproducing
• They stop toxins from poisoning the tissues of hosts
• They engulf the pathogens

What sort of pathogen causes influenza (flu)?

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

What is one way a pathogen can enter the body?

• Nose
• Mouth
• Broken Skin
• All of the Aove

Can pathogens survive outside a person's body?

• Yes

• No

What does RSV stand for?

• Respiratory senses virus

• Respiratory sinus virus

• Respiratory syncytial virus

• Respiratory syncytial vaccine

Is RSV contagious?

• Yes

• No