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Plague
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An infectious and usually deadly epidemic disease.
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Strain
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A group of organisms of the same species that are more like one another than others in the species
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Examples of disease that are caused by bacteria.
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boils
tetanus gonorthea bubonic plaque |
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Microbiology
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The study of microbes
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Examples of diseases caused by viruses.
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influenza (flu)
chicken pox common cold rabies |
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Virus
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Any of the various noncellular, submicroscopic entitles capable of causing disease that are unable to replicate without a host cell: consist of a core of Rna or DNA surrounded by a protein coat, and are typically not considered living organisms.
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Parasite
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An organism that grows and feed on or within another organism (host), but offers no benefits to the host.
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Bacteria
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extremely small, single-celled organisms without a nucleus: prokaryotic cells.
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Antibiotic
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A medicine that can kill bacteria or stop their growth. Some are made by humans, others are made by other microbes.
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DNA
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(deoxyribonuleic acid) A molecule shaped like a twisted ladder that carries genetic information in the nucleus of a cell.
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Bacteriophage
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A virus that infects bacteria.
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Vaccine
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A preparation of killed or weakened microbes (or portions of them) that when taken into the body, causes the immune system to produce antiboties amd makes the body resistent to the disease.
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