3.2.1 Agents of Disease

Any of a large group of nonliving, submicroscopic infective agents that typically comprise an RNA or DNA core of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat

Can cause ringworm, valley fever, athletes foot

Saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic organisms that lack chlorophyll

Examples are amoebas, algae; can cause malaria

An example is a tapeworm that can live and feed in human intestines

A large, eukaryotic, multicellular, parasitic worm

Any eukaryotic protist of the phylum or subkingdom Protozoa

Causes Mad Cow Disease

Any of various infectious proteins that are abnormal forms of normal cellular proteins

Causes whooping cough, TB, strep throat

A single-celled, prokaryotic microorganism

Causes the Flu, Covid-19, common cold