Tessa McCann

12-1-10

Biology G

Week 10

1. Compare and contrast infectious and non - infectious diseases. Give 2 examples

of each in your answer. You may make a chart for this answer.

Infectious Diseases Non-infectious Diseases

An infectious disease is caused Non infectious diseases are not

by pathogens such as bacteria,
virus, fungi, and protozoa. They
can be contagious or not
contagious. It can start out with
a simple cut, but once that cut
becomes infected it becomes an
infectious disease. Some
examples of a infectious
disease are the flu, and the
chicken pox.
caused by pathogens and
usually can not be passed
person to person. Non
infectious diseases may be
caused by the environment,
lifestyle choices, or genetic
inheritances. An example of a
non infectious disease is
diabetes, and cancer.

2. Define the term pathogen. Name 3organisms (types of pathogens) that cause infectious

disease. A pathogen is a organism that causes disease. 4 types of pathogens are bacteria,

viruses, fungi, and protozoa.

3. Explain 5 ways a pathogen can be transmitted. Your answer must include an

example of a disease that can be transmitted each way. The influenza virus

is transmitted from person to person through the air. Another way is by a bite from an

animal for example lime disease. Person to person is another way pathogens can be
transmitted for example the flu. Pathogens can be transmitted by food for example food

poisoning.

4. What is the difference between an endemic disease and an epidemic? Use

examples When you answer. A endemic is when a disease infects a small population in a

small area. For example the common cold. A epidemic is when a disease infects a large

population in a large area. For example the swine flu.

5. Who are Edward Jenner and Robert Koch? What was each scientist's contribution to

to the field of infectious disease. Edward Jenner created the vaccination for small

pox. His contribution saved countless lives and made fighting disease with vaccinations

possible. A German physician Robert Koch. As the first to isolate the anthrax bacillus,

observe its life cycle, and develop a preventive inoculation for it, he was the first to prove

a causal relationship between a bacillus and a disease. He perfected pure-culture

techniques, based on Louis Pasteur's concept.

6. Doing your own research - Explain the role of antibiotics in treating infectious

diseases. Also explain the meaning of the term "drug resistant infection". Antibiotics

destroy the membrane of the bacteria so that it cant reproduce and is completely

defenseless. Drug resistant infection accurse when there is too much antibiotics and the

bacteria begins to understand how to defend itself from the antibiotics.