What is a disease? - a disruption in the normal function in an organism that is not the direct result of
physical injury
What types of disease are there? - Infectious and non-infectious.
What is an infectious disease? - A disease that can spread from organism to organism
What is a non-infectious disease? - A disease that can not spread from organism to organism.
What are the four types of pathogens we learned about? - Virus,Bacteria,Fungi, and Pathogenic animal.
What is a virus? - a tiny, nonliving, particle that enters and reproduces inside a living cell using DNA and
RNA
What is interferon? - proteins made by virus infected cells to stop spread of infection.
What is bacteria? - Bacteria are one-celled living organisms that are largely abundant in the
environment
How many lbs of bacteria are in the average human? - 4ish
What are the 5 cell types of a bacteria? - Bacilli, Streptococci, Staphylococci, Diplococci, and
curved/spiral rods.
What do we use to treat a bacterial infection? - Antibiotics.
What two classes of antibiotics are there? - Bactericidal, and Bacteriostatic.
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