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Information is Beautiful infographic on the biggest causes of death in the 20th century. Make predictions then compare them to the infographic
Alpha Paw video on the 25 deadliest diseases in human history
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Contagion movie trailer
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Infectious diseases: diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi; the diseases can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another.
Causes
Infectious diseases are caused by the transmission of a pathogen
Pathogen: a micro-organism that causes disease (e.g. bacteria, virus, fungi, parasite)
Pathogen: a micro-organism that causes disease (e.g. bacteria, virus, fungi, parasite)
Transmission
Information is beautiful graph comparing the deadliness, contagiousness and more characteristics of different infectious diseases
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Pandemic: a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Statisitcs and graphs about COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world
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Other infectious diseases
TED-Ed video on what we know (and don't know) about Ebola
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Kurzgesagt video on the Ebola virus - how your body fights for survival
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