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Infectious Disease

B1 Biology - Infectious disease

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The Hungarian doctor who first realised that washing hands reduced the spread of disease. Ignaz Semmelweis
Which type of hospital was hand washing first introduced into? Maternity hospital
Why should visitors clean their hands before entering a ward and when leaving a ward? So microbes are not carried into or out of the ward
What do we call microorganisms that cause disease? Pathogens
Two types of microbes that caused disease Bacteria and viruses
Poisons produce by bacteria Toxins
Are viruses considered to be living or non-living? Non-living
Drugs that we can buy when we are ill do what? Reduce the symptoms
What type of drug is paracetamol? Painkiller
Drugs that kill bacteria are known as? Antibiotics
The first antibiotic discovered was? Penicillin
Antibiotics cannot be used to treat these pathogens. Viruses
Many bacteria have developed what to antibiotics? Resistance
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is an example of? Natural selection
A random, chance change in the DNA of bacteria is called a? Mutation
A bacteria that is resistant to most kinds of antibiotic is.. MRSA
We now have major problems with antibiotic resistance because antibiotics were? Over prescribed by doctors
Viruses reproduce by? Getting into living cells and making the cells produce new virus
Some antibiotics kill bacteria by stopping them making? Cell walls or proteins
Created by: Zigs.uk
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