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Vaccinations are an example of:

• Innate immunity

• Acquired immunity

These components of our innate, or nonspecific, immune system are found in digestive tract and on our skin to prevent foreign invaders from attaching.

• Normal flora

• Secretions

• Cilia

• Phagocytes

People who study disease outbreaks are

• epidemiologists.

• paleontologists.

• entymologists.

• forensic anthropologists.

A sudden increase in the occurrence of a disease in an area is

• an outbreak.

• endemic.

• a pandemic.

• nosocomial.

Organisms that cause infectious disease are called

• pathogens.

• hosts.

• antibodies.

• nosocomial.

Nonliving agents that contain either DNA or RNA

• viruses

• bacteria

• protists

• prions

Living organisms that can spread when its spores land on a host.
Athlete's foot is caused by this infectious agent.

• helminths

• bacteria

• protists

• fungi

Parasitic worms that cause infection

• protists

• prions

• fungi

• helminths

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Living prokaryotic organisms that cause disease and can usually be treated using antibiotics

• viruses

• bacteria

• protists

• fungi

What does PBS stand for in a scientific context?

• Phosphate Buffered Saline

• Protein Binding Solution

• Polymer Based Substance

• Particle Binding System