Microbial Diseases and Prevention Strategies

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Microorganisms, Diseases, and Transmission: Revision Sheet

1. 📌 Essentials

  • Microorganisms include viruses, bacteria, eukaryotes, parasites, and prions.
  • Pathogens are microorganisms causing disease.
  • Transmission modes: direct contact, vectors, contaminated/food, airborne.
  • Key diseases: Malaria (Plasmodium), Measles (morbillivirus), HIV/AIDS (VHI), Tub (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).
  • Vaccines prevent many infectious diseases (e.g., MMR, BCG).
  • Antimicrobials include antimalarials, antibiotics, antivirals.
  • Vectors like mosquitoes transmit specific pathogens.
  • Human microbiota plays a crucial role in health; dysbiosis linked to disease.
  • Climate change impacts disease distribution and epidemiology.
  • Microorganisms are invisible without microscopy.

2. 🧩 Key Structures & Components

  • Pathogens — microorganisms causing disease (viruses, bacteria, eukaryotes, parasites, prions).
  • Host — organism developing symptoms upon infection.
  • Vector — organism or element transmitting pathogens (e.g., mosquitoes, contaminated objects).
  • Microbiota — beneficial microorganisms residing in humans, aiding health.
  • Transmission routes — direct contact, vectors, airborne, contaminated water/food.
  • Vaccines — biological preparations providing immunity (e.g., MMR, BCG).
  • Antimicrobials — drugs targeting pathogens (e.g., chloroquine, antibiotics, antiretrovirals).

3. 🔬 Functions, Mechanisms & Relationships

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1. What is the primary mode of transmission for *Mycobacterium tuberculosis*, the causative agent of tuberculosis?

2. Which microorganism is responsible for causing malaria, and how is it transmitted?

3. Which of the following is an effective prevention method specifically for measles?

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Pathogen — definition?

Microorganism causing disease.

Vector — role?

Transmits pathogens between hosts.

Malaria — transmission?

By infected Anopheles mosquito.

Microorganisms — types?

Viruses, bacteria, eukaryotes, parasites, prions.

Pathogens — definition?

Microorganisms causing disease.

Transmission modes — examples?

Direct contact, vectors, airborne, contaminated food/water.

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