Matching Pairs Diseases-Prior Knowledge Online version To determine what I understand about the topic of diseases. by Taylor Panebianco 1 Diseases 2 Microbes 3 Host 4 Vectors 5 Non-infectious Diseases 6 Bacteria 7 Fungi 8 Pathogens 9 Virus 10 Infectious Diseases are small single-celled organisms that can come in good (beneficial) forms and bad (pathogenic) forms that cause disease. are not caused by pathogens. May be caused by such things as lifestyle factors, environmental toxins, or gene mutations. e.g. Diabetes. are organisms that carry the pathogen from host to host, but are themselves not harmed is an organism that is infected by a pathogen. any condition in which the body or parts of the body do not function properly tiny, infectious particle that can reproduce only inside a host cell. caused by pathogens and can spread from one person to another. reproduce asexually by fragmentation, budding, or by producing spores. are tiny living things that are found all around us and are too small to be seen by the naked eye are micro-organisms that enter the body, multiply and cause disease.