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Diseases: Comparing infectious and genetic diseases Can you catch cancer? Can you inherit the flu?
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Infectious diseases Can be caused by ___________ or ___________ Which is which?
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Infectious diseases Are contagious and can be spread by: __________ ____________ ___________
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Infectious diseases Spreading can be prevented!
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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)
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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 )
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Genetic diseases & disorders Are not contagious Can be inherited through mutated genes Can be chromosomal aberrations
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Inherited Genetic diseases Sickle Cell anemia Cystic Fibrosis Some Cancers Huntington’s disease Cileac disease Lactose intolerance Albinism
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Chromosomal Disorders A type of genetic disorder not inherited on a gene Can tell by a karyotype
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Chromosomal Genetic Disorders Down syndrome Kleinfelter syndrome Turner syndrome Cri du Chat Trisomy 13 Trisomy 18
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Chromosomal Genetic disorders Most caused by nondisjunction
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Preventions? Treatments? Bacterial Infectious diseases: Viral infectious diseases: Genetic diseases:
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