Childhood Diseases

1. in French "oreillons"
4. an antigen causing an allergic or hypersensitive response
6. the capacity to spread a disease from person to person. Also referred to as being infections
8. the ability of a disease to be passed from an infected individual or group to a previously uninfected individual or group
9. a person or other living organism that can be infected by an infections agent under natural conditions
11. also known as German Measles
12. a new disease or medical condition that develops during the treatment or course of an existing disease or medical condition
14. the inflammation oof the brain caused by a virus. It can result to permanent brain damage

2. a diseased state or symptom; the incidence of disease; the rate of sickness (as in a specified community or group)
3. this term denotes a disease affecting or attacking a specific region or population that is in excess of what is actually expected
5. this term denotes a disease affecting or attacking the population of an extensive region, and potentially the world
7. a vaccine made by an infectious agent that has been killed or reduced in capacity
10. the level/rate of death in a community. Usually the cause is stated
13. the power of medical agents to produce the desire effect
15. a protein found in the blood that is produced in response to foreign substances
16. the protection against a disease