Infectious Disease Types — main categories?
Bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites.
Transmission Routes — example?
Airborne, contact, vector-borne, water, food.
Immune Response Components — key elements?
Innate and adaptive immunity, antibodies, lymphocytes.
Pathogen — definition?
A microorganism causing disease.
Bacteria — role?
Prokaryotes that can be pathogenic or beneficial.
Virus — characteristic?
Requires host cell to replicate.
Fungi — examples?
Yeasts and molds.
Parasites — example?
Plasmodium (malaria).
Zoonosis — definition?
Disease transmitted from animals to humans.
Transmission route — definition?
Pathway from source to host.
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1. What is an infectious disease type?
2. What is the primary transmission route of tuberculosis?
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