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VIRUS & BACTERIA
K. GOPI
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MICROORGANISMS ANDDISEASES
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Infectious diseases are caused by:
pathogens & uncontrollablenatural flora
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Damages tissue
directly
or by
toxin
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Pathogens:
viruses, ba
cteria
, fungi,protoctista and metazoa (worms)
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VIRUS
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Smallest: 50x smaller than bacteria
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Not cells
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Arrangements of genetic material & protein
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invades living cells to reproduce (
obligateintracellular parasites
)
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Evolve in adaptive way: withstand
drying
,
long storage period
&
resistant towardsmost drugs
(acyclovir prevents herpes- coldsore and genital herpes)
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