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DiseasesMs. Avery
8th grade Science
Diseases
Caused by Bacteria
-Anthrax
-Lyme Disease*
-Leprosy
-Bacterial meningitis
- Strep Throat
- Tuberculosis
Caused by protozoan
- Dysentery
- Malaria*
Diseases caused by viruses
continued• AIDS/HIV
• Chicken Pox
• Small Pox
• Yellow Fever *
• Ebola
• SARS
• Rabies
• Influenza
• West Nile*
• Viral Meningitis
• Polio
• Common Cold
• Flu
How diseases Spread
• Food
• Air
• Water
• Contact with surfaces (matter, animals, or humans)
• Vectors (carriers)*****:• Animals that transfer it internally (blood,
digestive, or sexually)
Contagious vs. non-contagious
• Contagious:• Virus-can’t be cured
but can treat symptoms• Vaccine- little piece
of virus to build immunity
• Bacteria- can be killed by antibiotics
• Protists- can be killed
• Noninfectious:• Inherited• Examples:
• Color blindness• Sickle cell anemia• Dwarfism• More prone to specific
cancer• Developed because of:
• Genetics• Environment• lifestyle
• Examples:• Cancer• Diabetes• Lung, liver or other
organ disease
References
• www.microbeworld.org
• Google pics
• McDougal Littell 8th grade Science book