4. Закончите предложения, используя информацию из текста.

1. Pathogenic viruses, patho- a. contagious disease, genic bacteria, fungi, proto­zoa, multicellular parasites, and prions are...
2. Disease that is able to be transmitted from one person or species to another is a...	b. means of diagnosis of infectious disease.
3. Liquids, food, body fluids, contaminated objects, air­borne inhalation or vector- borne spread are...	c. two medical terms.
4. Infectivity and infectiousness are...	d. drug for the treatment of AIDS.
5. The likelihood that a patient c. means of came in contact with a partic- transmitting ular agent, the presence of a infecting agents, microbe in a community, and other epidemiological consid­erations are...
6. Azidothimidine is a...	f. pathogenic microbial agents.

5. Сопоставьте английские названия инфекционных заболева­ний с их русскими эквивалентами.

1. warts

2. cutaneous abscesses

3. respiratory infections

4. diarrheal diseases

5. measles

6. pertussis

7. tetanus

a. коклюш

b. корь

c. бородавки

d. кожные нарывы

e. дыхательные инфекции

f. столбняк

g. расстройство пищеварения

6. Изучите таблицу. Скажите, смертность от каких болезней уменьшилась, от каких увеличилась. Постарайтесь объяснить при­чины этих изменений.

Worldwide mortality due to infectious diseases

Rank	Cause of death	Deaths 2002	Percentage of all deaths	Deaths 1993	1993 Rank
N/A	All infectious diseases	14.7 million	25.9%	16.4 million	32.2%
1	Respiratory infections	3.9 million	6.9%	4.1 million	1
2	HIV/AIDS	2.8 million	4.9%	0.7 million	7
3	Diarrheal diseases	1.8 million	3.2%	3.0 million	2
4	Tuberculosis (ТВ)	1.6 million	2.7%	2.7 million	3
5	Malaria	1.3 million	2.2%	2.0 million	4
6	Measles	0.6 million	1.1%	1.1 million	5
7	Pertussis	0.29 million	0.5%	0.36 million	7
8	Tetanus	0.21 million	0.4%	0.15 million	12
9	Meningitis	0.17 million	0.3%	0.25 million	8
10	Syphilis	0.16 million	0.3%	0.19 million	11
11	Hepatitis В	0.10 million	0.2%	0.93 million	6
12- 17	Tropical diseases (6)	0.13 million	0.2%	0.53 million	9,10, 16-18

Note: Other causes of death include maternal and perinatal conditions (5.2%), nutritional deficiencies (0.9%), noncommunicable conditions (58.8 %), and injuries (9.1%).