Bio

A word that is used to describe the way an infectious disease is spread

• Transmission

• Translation

• Emission

• Direct Contact

• Indirect Contact

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

Strep Throat, Pneumonia and Staph Infection are all examples of diseases resulting from which pathogen type?

• Viruses

• Bacterial

• Prions

• Protozoa

Mosquitos, ticks and flies are all examples of :

• Diseases

• Vectors

• Pathogens

• Environmental Reservoirs

Which are three types of DIRECT transmission (of diseases)?

• Body fluid exchange

• Skin contact

• Sneezing/ coughing

• Contaminated food

• Airborne pathogens

_______ Is any condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the body or mind.

• disease

• infection

• pathogen

• Virus

What pathogen causes influenza (the Flu)

• Bacteria
• Virus
• Protozoa
• Fungi

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

The time between infection and the onset of symptoms is called the

• infection period

• susceptibility period

• incubation period

• resistant period

Contaminate means

• Making a food unsafe to eat by allowing it to come into contact with microbes and chemicals that make it unfit to eat

• How microbes are spread from one place or food onto food, causing contamination.

• Using foods that cause allergy without listing them on the label

• Causing food poisoning by storing food in the incorrect containers