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What infectious disease agents do you know about? List some…
Bacterium, virus, helminth, protozoan, fungus
In a word, or a few words, say something about the agents you listed above.
Virus- this are small acid molecule which are present in protein and can multiply in living
cells.
Bacterium- this are microorganisms which have organized molecules which transmit
pathogenic diseases.
Protozoan- this is a single celled and small animal like an amoeba which is known to feed on
hosts that have organic tissues.
Helminth- this is a parasite in form of a worm which infect intestinal tract.
Fungus- this are organisms such as yeast and it affects soil, plants, water, air and even
animals.
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How are infectious diseases transmitted? List all ways you know about.
Direct contact- This includes person to person, animal to person and mother to unborn child
Indirect contact- This is a transmission that happens once one touches something that a sick
person touched
Insect bites
Food contamination
React to the following statements:
You find out that someone you had sex with gave you Herpes.
I would try and seek medical help firstly from a medical practitioner or try and identify how
severe it is before going to a hospital.
You just had sex with a guy who had HIV and didn’t know it.
I would be devastated and shocked. I wouldn’t want to share this with anyone apart from a
doctor while getting medical support.
You have a ‘sore’ in the genital area.
First, sores are brought by different things including bad hygiene; I would try and determine
the type of sore using the internet.
You are on an airplane and the woman next to you is coughing and looks ill.
I would like to know if she is ill and where she was suffering from before I took the next step
of notifying the flight attendance.
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You are in Brazil and you had sex while there. When you come back to the U.S., you
discover that you have a Zika infection.
I would seek immediate medical help from a major hospital.
Your roommate just got back from a country in Africa where there is an on-going Ebola
outbreak.
First I wouldn’t ask them to get tested.
Your child has Ebola and may die.
Take the child to get medical attention as soon as possible without having contact with them.
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Work cited
"Types of Infectious Agents". Mayo Clinic, 2018, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseasesconditions/infectious-diseases/multimedia/types-of-infectious-agents/img-20008643
"Infectious Diseases - Symptoms And Causes". Mayo Clinic, 2018,
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/symptoms-causes/syc20351173
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Disease Transmission
How many different ways can infectious agents spread? Give an example for each.
Direct contact- this happens when one person gets affe...