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