Infectious Diseases Topics in Depth
What are Infectious Diseases?
As you might suspect, infectious diseases are caused by things that infect or invade the body. Ten points if you knew that already (only five if you just read it a minute ago in the introduction)....
Bacteria
Beginner's Bacterial BasicsBacteria is one of the three domains (categories) of living things: Bacteria, Eukarya (this is the domain with plants, animals and fungi), and Archaea. The study of bacte...
Viruses
Basics of VirusesViruses don't belong to any of the three domains of life. That's because they aren't really considered living things (maybe they're undead things, like vampires and zombies). They'...
Fungi and Parasite Infections
As if bacteria and viruses weren't enough, there are other creepy crawlies out there that are pathogens and cause disease. They're less common than bacteria and viruses, but they can be just as dea...
Common Mistakes
What are Infectious Diseases? Epidemic vs. Pandemic: Think about a panoramic picture. It covers a large area. A pandemic is larger than an epidemic. Also, remember that animals and other humans don...
Test Your Knowledge
What are Infectious Diseases? 1) Infectious diseases are NOT caused by:a. Bacteriab. Virusesc. Your genesd. Fungie. Parasites2) True or False: You will always know when you get infected by a pathog...