Match each disease to the correct pathogen type. a. virus 1. athlete's foot b. fungus 2. cold c. protist 3. giardia

1- Athlete's foot --- Fungus

2- Cold --- Virus

3- Giardia --- Protist

Explanation:

1- Athlete's foot is an infection of a fungus that lives in the outer skin layer where the cells are dead.   The usual symptoms of athlete's foot are unpleasant odor, itching, redness and scaling.

Actually, it is often an interaction between fungal organisms and bacteria that causes the most common mild form of foot fungus

2- A cold is a sudden upper respiratory mucosa caused by a virus. It is a commonly used term for upper respiratory tract infection.

Cold is the most common human disease. The elderly suffer an average of one, young and middle-aged adults 2-3 and children under two 5-7 colds a year.

3- Giardiasis is an infection of the small intestine caused by Giardia intestinalis: a single-celled protist. Diarrhea is the main symptom of the disease. Giardiasis is one of the most common causes of diarrhea worldwide, both in humans and animals.