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Describes a microorganisms or virus that causes disease and that is highly infectious?
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What is an infectious agent that consists of a small strand of RNA and that causes disease in plants?
A viroid is an infectious agent that consists of a small strand of RNA and that causes disease in plants.
Is asthma an infectious disease caused by a bacteria that causes inflammation and calcification in the lungs?
Asthma is not infectious disease. It does not spread from one person to other person.
What kind of pathogen causes Cystic Fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis is not an infectious disease but a genetic disease, provoked by mutations fo the CFTR gene, mainly inherited.
Microorganisms that cause disease are?
1. Pathogens. Castle Learning cheating ftw
Which type of microrganisim is the smallest?
A prion is a small infectious particle that contains a misfolded protein. These contain no DNA or RNA. These cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Scrapie in sheep and Kuru. These are deadly and progressive nerve wasting diseases.A plant pathologist discovered an infectious RNA particle smaller than a virus that causes diseases in plants. He called it a viroid. Millions each year are lost by these viroids. These contain only RNA.These two are the smallest infectious particles. They are not called microorganisms because they are not alive any more than viruses are.
Which type of disease does a pathogen cause infectious or noninfectious?
A pathogen causes infectious disease. For instance, influenza virus is the pathogen that causes flu.
What is an infectious agent that consists of a small strand of RNA and that causes disease in plants?
A viroid is an infectious agent that consists of a small strand of RNA and that causes disease in plants.
What is the infectious agent called that causes the disease?
Its called "pathogen".
Is asthma an infectious disease caused by a bacteria that causes inflammation and calcification in the lungs?
Asthma is not infectious disease. It does not spread from one person to other person.
Infectious disease of the intestine that causes paralysis and sometimes death?
Botulism
What is the causes mad cow disease?
infectious proteins called prions
What is another term for infectious disease?
An infectious agent is a pathogen (germ). There are six kinds of infectious agents.Here they are listed:BactiriaVirusFungiHelminthPrionProtizoa.
How is an infectious disease different from an noninfectious disease?
Infectious diseases involve a causative organism, from groups such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and such. Noninfectious diseases involve causes other than specific infectious organisms.
Does a toxin cause infectious diseases?
Not directly, but the infectious microorganism that causes the disease may produce a toxin that is the cause of some of the disease's symptoms. Not every disease causing microorganism produces a toxin.
What are the micro organism and viruses that cause diseases?
There are several different specific microbes that are identified to be the source of infectious diseases. The Rhinovirus causes colds. Varicella zoster causes chicken pox. Rubella causes German measles. Bordatella pertussis causes whooping cough. Yersinia pestis causes the Bubonic plague.
Is the flu virus is name for the disease it causes?
The flu viruses cause the infectious respiratory disease known as influenza.
What is the infectious agent of cholera?
The bacterium that causes and spreads the Cholera disease is Vibro Cholerae.
