Fungal and protist diseases in humans
I can describe examples of common fungal and protist diseases in humans, how they are spread, and ways to reduce the spread.
Fungal and protist diseases in humans
I can describe examples of common fungal and protist diseases in humans, how they are spread, and ways to reduce the spread.
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Key learning points
- Some, but not all, fungi are pathogens that can cause communicable diseases in humans.
- Athlete’s foot as an example of a fungal disease, how it is spread, and how the spread can be reduced.
- Protists are eukaryotic microorganisms.
- Malaria as an example of a disease caused by a protist, spread by an insect vector, and how the spread can be reduced.
- The interaction of sickle-cell trait and malaria as an example of interaction between different types of disease.
Keywords
Fungi - eukaryotic kingdom of microorganisms including yeast and mould
Protists - eukaryotic kingdom of microorganisms including amoeba and plasmodium
Vector - an organism that carries the pathogen from the host to another organism
Allele - a genetic variant in a gene creates an allele (a different version of a gene), which can produce a different phenotype
Common misconception
Malaria is caused by mosquitos.
Mosquitos are the vector that transfer the protist to humans.
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Exit quiz
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Eukaryotic kingdom of micro-organisms including yeast and mould.
Eukaryotic kingdom of micro-organisms including amoeba.
An organism that carries pathogens from a host to another organism.
