B5 Communicable diseases
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Communicable (Infectious) Disease
Disease caused by pathogens that can be passed from one organism to another
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Non-Communicable Diseases
Diseases that are not infectious and cannot be passed from one organism to another
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Pathogens
Microorganisms that cause disease
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Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
Disease transmitted from an infected person to an uninfected person by unprotected sexual contact
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Vaccine
Dead or inactive pathogenic material used in vaccination to develop immunity to a disease in a healthy person
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Virus
Pathogens that are much smaller than bacteria and can only reproduce inside living cells of other organisms
