COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Across
- 4. Single-celled microorganisms that can cause diseases like Typhoid and Cholera.
- 8. method of transmission where pathogens travel through tiny droplets in the air (e.g., Common Cold or Tuberculosis)."
- 9. body's ability to resist or fight off a specific infection or toxin.
- 10. smallest type of pathogen that requires a living host cell to reproduce; responsible for Polio and Chickenpox.
Down
- 1. substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease.
- 2. type of medicine, like Penicillin, used to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria (does not work on viruses)."
- 3. disease caused by a protozoan parasite, transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito."
- 5. term for diseases that can spread from one person to another through air, water, food, or physical contact."
- 6. general term for any disease-causing microorganism, such as a virus or bacteria."
- 7. organism (like a fly or mosquito) that carries a pathogen from an infected person to a healthy person.