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What are the four types of infections?
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Viral, bacterial, rickettsial, fungal
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What are the 6 categories of harmful microorganisms?
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Viruses, bacterial, fungi, chlamydiae, rickettslae, protozoa
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When was the only time mankind had ever experienced perfect health?
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Before sin, adam and eve experienced life without pain and disease in the Garden of Eden.
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The improper functioning of the body brought about by heredity, infection, diet, or the environment
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Disease
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Cannot be spread through contact or any mechanisms of transmission
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Non-infectious disease
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Caused by the spread of harmful microorganisms
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Infectious disease
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Caused by the multiplication of a small infectious agent which invades a host cell and then destroys it
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Viral infection
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Caused by the reproduction of a small infectious agent which produces poison that destroys cells
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Bacterial infection
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Caused by the multiplication of fungal organisms on or in the body
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Fungal infection
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Caused by microscopic parasites
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Protozoan infection
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A disease characterized by the unrestrained growth of abnormal cells on or in tissues of the body
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Cancer
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A cancer that affects the connective tissues, supportive tissue, and blood vessels
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Sarcoma
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A cancer that affects the skin and tissues that covers or lines the organ
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Carcinoma
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A cancer that affects the tissues of the lymphatic
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Lymphoma
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Cancer-causing agents that transform normal cells into cancer cells
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Carcinogens
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