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- 112.2 Animal and plant diseases.
- 2Ring rotSpecies: Gram-positive bacteria
What it infects: potatoes, tomatoes and aubergines.
Damage: Damages (tubers, fruit and leaves), destroy 80% of crops, no cure and once it infects a field it can't be used for another 2 years.
Treatment: no cure - 3Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)Species: Virus
What it infects: Tobacco plants and 150 other species.
Damage: Leaves, flower and fruit.
Treatment: Resistant strains but no cure - 4Potato/Tomato/Late BlightSpecies: fungus-like protist oomycete.
Damage: leaves tubers and fruit.
Treatment: no cure but resistant strains, chemical treatments and careful management. - 5Black sigatokaSpecies: Fungi
What it infects: Bananas
Damage: Digests living cells turning them black. Can cause 50% reduction in yield.
Treatment: Resistant strains nd fungicide treatment. No cure - 6Tuberculosis (TB)Species: Bacteria
What it infects: Humans, badgers, cows, pigs and deer.
Damage: lung tissue and suppress the immune system which leaves you more vulnerable to other infections.
Treatment: Antibiotics, preventable using vaccines. - 7Bacterial meningitisSpecies: Bacteria
Damage: attacks the meninges of the brain. This can spread around the body causing septicaemia.
Treatment: antibiotics if diagnosed quickly. Vaccines can prevent. - 8HIV(Human immunodeficiency virus)/AIDs(Aquired immunodeficiency syndrome)Species: Virus
Damage: Destroys immune system, leaving the body vulnerable to other diseases.
Treatment: Retroviral drugs will slow the process, but no cure or vaccine available. - 9Influenza (Flu)Species: Virus
What it infects: many mammals
Damage: Ciliated epithelial cells leaving this area vulnerable to another infection.
Treatment: Annual Flu vaccines. - 10MalariaSpecies: Protist
Damage: it invades blood cells, liver and the brain.
Treatment: Limited cures, Control the vector, any way stop mosquitos biting people. - 11Ring WormSpecies: Fungi
Damage: Causes circular infectious grey crusty area on the skin.
Treatment: Antifungal creams are a cure - 12Athlete's footSpecies: Fungi
Damage: It causes cracking and scaling between the toes.
Treatment: Antifungal creams are a cure.
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