1. Chapter 11.3: page 460-442 Chapter 12.1: page 492-496
Infectious Diseases
Chapter 11.3: page
Chapter 12.1: page

2. 7.03: Students will look trends to determine how an infectious disease may spread.
VOCABULARY:
Infectious disease
Carrier
Vector

3. Have you ever been sick before
Have you ever been sick before? What do you know about how the disease you had spread?

4. What is an infectious disease?
An infectious disease is an illness that passes from one organism to another.
EXAMPLES:
Strep throat
A cold or flue
Chicken pox
Tetanus
Athlete’s foot
Most infectious diseases are caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or protists.
African sleeping sickness

5. Which is NOT an example of an infectious disease?
A) AIDS
B) Tuberculosis
C) Brown hair
D) Pneumonia

6. How do infectious diseases spread?
Diseases can spread by:
Contact with an infected person such as touching, hugging, kissing, sneezes, or coughs
Contact with a contaminated object.
Contact with an infected animal.
Soil, food, or water.
EXAMPLE: Eating meat that has not been cooked properly can cause food poisoning.

7. A person gets malaria from a mosquito. This illness was caused by ___.
A) Contact with an infected person.
B) Contact with an infected animal.
C) Contact with an infected object.
D) Contact with contaminated food, soil, or water.

8. How is cholera likely spread?
A) Animals
B) Soil
C) Water
D)Undercooked food

9. Which pump is likely the source of contaminated water?1 6 7 9

10. Carriers
Some organisms may transmit diseases without knowing it. If someone has the disease, but doesn’t show any symptoms, they are carriers and can cause someone else to get sick.
EXAMPLE: When someone gets measles, they do not show any symptoms for several days. In that time, they can infect others.

11. Which is the main risk associated with being a disease carrier?
A) A person may be a carrier of a mild illness.
B) A person can unknowingly spread the disease to others.
C) A person may feel guilty for making other people sick.
D) A person is more difficult to cure if he or she is a carrier. B

12. Which best describes the danger associated with carriers of an infectious disease?
A) The carrier may develop symptoms of an infectious disease.
B) The infectious disease may become resistant to antibiotics.
C) The infectious disease will mutate into a genetic disease if left untreated.
D) The carrier may unknowingly transmit an infectious disease to many people. D

13. Which carrier would most likely infect the highest number of individuals?
A) a doctor
B) a librarian
C) an engineer
D) a flight attendant D

14. Vectors
Vectors are what transfer a disease from one organism to another.
EXAMPLE: Ticks are vectors because they transfer Lyme disease to humans.
EXAMPLE: A human with a cold is a vector because they can cause someone else to get sick.

15. What most likely spreads diseases such as rabies or Lyme disease?
A) contact with an infectious animal
B) contact with an infectious human
C) breathing contaminated air
D) eating contaminated food

16. The Anopheles mosquito transmits the parasite Plasmodium to humans
The Anopheles mosquito transmits the parasite Plasmodium to humans. This parasite causes malaria. In this situation, which is the vector of the disease?
A) Anopheles mosquito
B) Plasmodium
C) human
D) malaria

17. The bacteria that causes bubonic plague is transmitted to humans by fleas. Which term best describes the role of the fleas in transmitting bubonic plague?
A) vector
B) carrier
C) parasite
D) pathogen

18. Epidemic vs. Pandemic An epidemic is a local spread of a disease.
Example: There is a salmonella outbreak in Johnston County right now.
Example: Yesterday, in our lab, only students in our class were “infected.”
A pandemic is a disease that is spread country- or world-wide.
Example: small pox or tuberculosis
Example: H1N1 or HIV