Communicable Diseases Study Guide

What does the 2019 Coronavirus affect that makes it dangerous?

• Your ability to think

• Your lungs

• It kills the t-cells in your immune system

What is a communicable disease also known as?

• Infectious Disease

• Diseases

• Common Cold

What is the body's defenses called that fights off viruses?

• Common cold

• Immune system

• Rickettsias

What is a yellowing of the skin and eyes.

• Pneumonia

• Jaundice

• Cirrhosis

The common cold is spread through what kind of contact?

• Direct contact

• Indirect contact

• Both direct and indirect contact

In severe cases, the flu can lead to...

• Pneumonia

• Strep throat

• Tuberculosis

What type of barrier are Skin, Cilia and Mucous Membranes?

• Physical

• Chemical

What type of barrier are tears and gastric juice?

• Physical

• Chemical

What makes the antigens recognizable to the white blood cells as a threat?

• Phagocytes

• Lymphocytes

• Inflammatory response

What type of vaccination gives instructions for our cells to make a harmless piece of what is called the spike protein.

• mRNA

• Killed-virus vaccine

• Live-virus vaccine