COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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