Chapter

Infectious diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s)

From Health Education Health 100 Version 3 by Garrett Rieck, MA, ACSM-CPT & Justin Lundin, MA

Concepts

Sub-chapters

• Introduction
• What are infectious diseases?
• Symptoms and signs of infection
• What causes infectious diseases?
• Direct person-to-person transmission of pathogens
• Indirect person-to-person transmission of pathogens
• Animal-to-human transmission of pathogens
• Immune Defenses Against Infectious Diseases
• Risk Factors and Levels of Disease Prevention
• Levels of Disease Prevention
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• STD/STI Treatments
• STD/STI Prevention: How to Prevent STI’s