Diseases: Comparing infectious and genetic diseases Can you catch cancer? Can you inherit the flu?
Infectious diseases Can be caused by ___________ or ___________ Which is which?
Infectious diseases Are contagious and can be spread by: __________ ____________ ___________
Infectious diseases Spreading can be prevented!
Viral Infectious diseases »Flu (Influenza virus) »Pneumonia (RSV or adenovirus) »AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) »Common cold (Rhino virus) »Chicken pox (varicella-zoster virus) »Small pox (Variola major virus) »Cervical Cancer (Human papillomavirus)
Bacterial Infectious diseases Pneumonia (Streptocuccus or a bacillus) Strep throat (beta-hemolytic streptococcus) Staph infection (Staphylococcus aureous) Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) Food poisoning: –Salmonella, –E. coli, –Botulism Flesh eating bacteria (Streptococcus pyogenes ) Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi )
Genetic diseases & disorders Are not contagious Can be inherited through mutated genes Can be chromosomal aberrations
Inherited Genetic diseases Sickle Cell anemia Cystic Fibrosis Some Cancers Huntington’s disease Cileac disease Lactose intolerance Albinism
Chromosomal Disorders A type of genetic disorder not inherited on a gene Can tell by a karyotype
Chromosomal Genetic Disorders Down syndrome Kleinfelter syndrome Turner syndrome Cri du Chat Trisomy 13 Trisomy 18
Chromosomal Genetic disorders Most caused by nondisjunction
Preventions? Treatments? Bacterial Infectious diseases: Viral infectious diseases: Genetic diseases: