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Salmonella

A bacterial disease that is spread by bacteria ingested in food and can cause a fever, abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea.

Antibiotics

Medicines that help to cure bacterial disease by killing infective bacteria inside the body.

Vaccination

injects forms of a pathogen into the body to stimulate the white blood cells to produce antibodies.

while blood cell

An important type of cell that makes up the immune system and produces antibodies and antitoxins.

Gonorrhoea

A sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a bacterium with symptoms of a thick yellow or green discharge from the vagina or penis and pain on urinating.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV):

An infectious virus that weakens the immune system and can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)

Double blind trial

A study performed where neither the researcher or patient know whether the patient is taking the drug or a placebo. only the medicine company knows.

Malaria

A disease caused by a protist that causes recurrent episodes of fever and can be fatal.

Placebo

A substance designed to be indistinguishable from a drug being tested but has no actual effect on the patient.

Measles

A serious disease caused by a virus that shows symptoms of fever and a red skin rash.

Communicable disease

A disease that can be spread between individuals either directly or indirectly.

Tobacco Mosaic Virus

(TMV): A widespread plant pathogen affecting many species of plants which produces a mosaic pattern on the leaves and limits the plant growth.

Rose black spot

A fungal disease where purple or black spots develop on leaves, which often turn yellow and drop early.

Clinical drug testing

Drug testing done on healthy human volunteers and patients.

non communicable disease

A disease which can not be spread between individuals.

Antibiotics

Medicines that help to cure bacterial disease by killing infective bacteria inside the body

Clinical drug testing

Drug testing done on healthy human volunteers and patients

Communicable disease

A disease that can be spread between individuals either directly or indirectly

Double blind trial

A study performed where neither the researcher or patient know whether the patient is taking the drug or a placebo

Malaria

A disease caused by a protist that causes recurrent episodes of fever and can be fatal

Measles

A serious disease caused by a virus that shows symptoms of fever and a red skin rash

*Monoclonal antibodies

Antibodies produced from a single clone of cells that are specific to one binding site on one protein antigen

Non-communicable disease

A disease which cannot be spread between individuals

Non-specific defence

General physical and chemical barriers that defend the body against lots of different types of pathogen

Pathogens

Microorganisms that cause infectious disease

Placebo

A substance designed to be indistinguishable from a drug being tested but has no actual effect on the patient

Preclinical drug testing

Drug testing done in a laboratory using cells, tissues and live animals

Rose black spot

A fungal disease where purple or black spots develop on leaves, which often turn yellow and drop early

Salmonella

A bacterial disease that is spread by bacteria ingested in food and can cause a fever, abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea

Side effects

Other additional effects that the drug has that are different from the expected effect of the drug

Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)

A widespread plant pathogen affecting many species of plants which produces a mosaic pattern on the leaves and limits the plant growth