Biologist ___________________________ Date ______________ 35-1 Reading Guide – Infectious Disease Causes of Infectious Disease 1. What are infectious diseases, and what causes them? 2. How did the germ theory of disease get its name? 3. What is another name that scientists use for a disease-causing agent? For Questions 4–12, match each type of disease with the type of disease-causing agent that causes it. Some types of disease-causing agents may be used more than once. Disease Type of Disease-Causing Agent 4. African sleeping sickness A. virus 5. athlete’s foot B. bacterium 6. botulism C. protist 7. chicken pox D. parasitic worm 8. hookworm E. fungus 9. influenza 10. malaria 11. trichinosis 12. tuberculosis 13. What are Koch’s postulates used for? 14. Complete the flowchart by numbering the steps to show the order in which a researcher applies Koch’s postulates.
Biologist ___________________________ Date ______________ 35-1 Reading Guide – Infectious Disease Causes of Infectious Disease 1. What are infectious diseases, and what causes them? 2. How did the germ theory of disease get its name? 3. What is another name that scientists use for a disease-causing agent? For Questions 4–12, match each type of disease with the type of disease-causing agent that causes it. Some types of disease-causing agents may be used more than once. Disease 4. African sleeping sickness 5. athlete’s foot 6. botulism 7. chicken pox 8. hookworm 9. influenza 10. malaria 11. trichinosis 12. tuberculosis Type of Disease-Causing Agent A. virus B. bacterium C. protist D. parasitic worm E. fungus 13. What are Koch’s postulates used for? 14. Complete the flowchart by numbering the steps to show the order in which a researcher applies Koch’s postulates.
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