Microbiology Health and Diseases

Any disease causing microbe

• pathogen

• virus

• bacteria

• fungi

Caused by invasion of a pathogen, often casuing harm to tissues

• disease

• parasite

• infection

• bacteria

Nonliving pathogen that is capable of infecting and reproducing within living hosts; may spread rapidly throughout populations

• virus

• bacteria

• pathogen

• parasite

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Unicellular eukaryotic organisms capable of movement; may cause infections (malaria, African sleeping sickness)

• virus

• bacteria

• parasite

• protozoa

Organism that benefits from a host organism while the host is harmed

• virus

• bacteria

• parasite

• fungi

Something capable of spreading disease without being infected itself (rats, mosquitoes, soil, parasites)

• pathogen

• virus

• bacteria

• vector

A rapidly spreading outbreak of disease affecting many large populations (ex: typhoid)

• epidemic

• pandemic

• infection

• infectious disease

A rapidly spreading outbreak of disease affecting widespread regions across the world (ex: COVID-19)

• epidemic

• pandemic

• infection

• hazard

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Genus of bacteria commonly known for causing strep throat

• bacteria

• virus

• streptococcus

• vector

Poisonous substance that may cause serious effects on the body

• virus

• hazard

• toxin

• parasite