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