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CONTROLLING THE SPREAD OF DISEASE NOTETAKERS
Communicable Diseases
• A disease that is easily ____________________ from person to person
• Other names are ________________ disease or __________________ disease
Non-Communicable Disease
• A disease that is ___________ passed from person to person
• An _________________ disease or a disease caused by __________________factors
• Cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer’s
Epidemic
• An ________________ of a disease that affects a large number of people within a
single population, community, or __________________
• _________________ outbreak in London in the 1850’s
• Ebola outbreak in _________________ Africa
Pandemic
• A ______________________ outbreak of a disease
• ____________ flu in 2009
• Not many people died but the disease spread worldwide
Carrier
• An ___________________ that is infected with a disease
• Can have ___________________ or no ____________________
• ___________________ spreading disease particles
• Flu or cold – coughing, sneezing
• HIV/AIDS – sharing bodily fluids
Vector
• Any factor that ____________________ disease other than a human
• Living vectors
• _______________, ______________, worms, fleas, flies
• Non-living vectors
• Soil, ____________________
Malaria
• Infectious agent is a ________________________
• Spread through a ______________________ vector
• The mosquito _____________ someone with malaria and picks up the protozoan
• The mosquito bites someone else and ______________ that person with the
protozoan
Lyme Disease
• Infectious agent is a _____________________
• Spread through a ________________ vector
• Tick ______________ someone with Lyme disease and picks up the bacteria
• Tick bites someone else and ________________ that person with the bacteria
Conditions conducive to Disease
• Genetics
• _______________ eating habits
• Eating _____________________ food
• _________________ living conditions
•
_________________ populations
Reducing the Risk of Disease
Vaccine
• a solution that contains __________________ disease particles
• Injected into the body
• Causes your body to produce ___________________ that recognize the disease
• If your body does come in contact with the ___________________ disease, it knows
how to _________________ it off
• Can give __________________ to viral and bacterial infections
Antibiotics
• A substance that kills or slows the growth of ___________________
• Most commonly used to treat ____________________ infections
• Does not harm or kill ________________
Other ways
• Wash _____________________
• Stay ______________ if sick
• ____________________ sick patients if dangerous disease
Quick Check
1. Which type of infection is controlled with antibiotics?
A. Bacterial infection
B. Viral infection
C. Fungal infection
D. Infections cannot be controlled by antibiotics.
2. A(n) _____ is a solution that is made up of weakened disease particles and is injected to
produce immunity to a disease.
A. antibiotic
B. carrier
C. vaccine
D. vector
3. ____ is an outbreak of a disease that is worldwide.
A. carrier
B. vector
C. epidemic
D. pandemic
4. The vector for the spread of Malaria is ____.
A. water
B. a mosquito
C. a tick
D. soil
5. A(n) ____ disease is a disease that is contagious and can be spread from person to
person.
A. communicable
B. non-communicable
C. inherited
D. vector