Molecular Biology
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| Study of anything too small to be seen with the naked eye. | Microbiology
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| Branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease. | Epidemiology
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| Microscopic organisms; Bacteria, Viruses, Protozoa, Parasites, Fungi, & Algae | Microbes
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| Person who studies anything too small to be seen with the naked eye | Microbiologist
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| Organization that researches and studies disease | CDC- Center for Disease Control
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| Person who studies the transmission and control of disease. | Epidemiologist
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| Disease that can be passed from one living thing to another | Infectious
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| Disease that is NOT spread from one living to another | Non-infectious
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| Substance that causes a persons cells to mutate. | Mutagen
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| Disease causing agent | Pathogen
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| Organism that transmits a pathogen from a host to a new organism.(Mosquito) | Vector
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| Organism that passes diseases to other living things even though they may not feel sick | carrier
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| Provides a source of energy for virus or other organism to grow | host
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| Affects a large number of people in a population, community, or region at the same time. | Epidemic
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| Worldwide epidemic that infects and causes serious illness in humans | Pandemic
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| Separated from the general public | Isolation
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| Restraining the movements of a person(s) to prevent the spread of disease | Quarantine
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| Organism without a nucleus | Prokaryote
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| Organism with a nucleus | Eukaryote
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| Occurs when strains of bacteria in the human body become resistant to antibiotics due to improper use or abuse | Antibiotic Resistance
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| microscopic living organisms, usually one-celled, that can be found everywhere. They can be dangerous, such as when they cause infection, or beneficial, as in the process of fermentation and decomposition. | Bacteria
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| Non-living, Needs a host | virus
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| What do Viruses and living things have in common? | Reproduce
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| poison | Toxin
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| preparation of weakened or killed pathogens | vaccine
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| compounds that block growth of bacteria | antibiotics
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| conflict between a pathogen and a host | disease
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| using microorganisms to change harmful chemicals to harmless ones | bioremediation
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| Rod-shaped bacteria | bacilli
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| Circle-shaped bacteria | cocci
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| Spiral-shaped Bacteria | spirilla
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| Bacterial infection of the lungs | tuberculosis (TB)
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| Bacterial disease caused by the bite of a tick | Lyme disease
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| bacterial disease with the symptoms of a fever, sore throat, and swollen glands | Strep Throat
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| Bacterial disease that can cause severe muscle spasms and death | Tetnus
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| Bacterial disease that results in high fever, stiff neck, headache, and fatigue | Bacterial Meningitis
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| The bodies ability to kill new pathogens | Immunity
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| virus that destroys the cells needed for the immune system to function | AIDS
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| virus spread by the bite of a mosquito | West Nile
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| virus spread by contact with an infected animal (dog) | Rabies
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| viral disease that results in the swelling of glands in the neck, fever, aches | Mumps
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| viral disease that results in uncontrolled internal bleeding | Ebola
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| Organisms that feed by taking nutrients from another organisms, causing harm to the host | Parasites
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| Organisms that are eukaryotic, need a moist environment to live, and causes amoebic dysentery, malaria, and african sleeping sickness | Protists
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| parasitic disease caused by an amoeba and is transmitted through contaminated foods and drinks or swallowing water from rivers and lakes | Ameobic Dysentary
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| parasitic disease caused when a mosquito bites and puts a protists into the bloodstream. Flu-like symptoms and death | Malaria
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| parasitic disease cause by the bite of a TseTse fly. Symptoms: flu-like, extreme fatigue, damage to the nervous system | African Sleeping Sickness
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| Organisms that are eukaryotic, heterotrophs, have a cell wall, but not plant like, grow in damp environments. | Fungi
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| Fungal disease that creates a rash on the foot | Athlete's Foot
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| Fungal disease that creates a red, scaly, itchy ring on the skin | Ringworm
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| Fungal disease that causes white patches in the mouth | Thrush
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| Invertebrate that lives in the intestines and feeds off the host. Host can contract the invertebrate through uncooked foods, fleas and ticks, or contaminated feces | Tapeworm
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