Copy of 8.15 How Do Outbreaks Start? Pathogens and Immunology: Crash Course Outbreak Science #2

Choose all of the following that are TRUE about pathogens. 

• They are infectious agents that can make us sick

• Some examples are bike paths, salamanders, and humans

• They are studied by microbiologists

How do viruses harm our cells?

• kill your cells through direct attacks or by creating toxins that paralyze them

• bend other proteins out of shape

• feasting on the cells they infect

• injecting their genetic material into it and  taking over the cell’s functions

How do bacteria harm our cells?

• kill your cells through direct attacks or by creating toxins that paralyze them

• bend other proteins out of shape

• feasting on the cells they infect

• injecting their genetic material into it and  taking over the cell’s functions

How do fungi harm our cells?

• kill your cells through direct attacks or by creating toxins that paralyze them

• bend other proteins out of shape

• feasting on the cells they infect

• injecting their genetic material into it and  taking over the cell’s functions

How do prions harm our cells?

• kill your cells through direct attacks or by creating toxins that paralyze them

• bend other proteins out of shape

• feasting on the cells they infect

• injecting their genetic material into it and  taking over the cell’s functions

Which of the following is the term used to describe an organism that can create another hole in our body through which disease can be transmitted?

• vector

• pathogen