Communicable Dissease

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Across
  1. 2. (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.
  2. 3. A disease caused by microorganisms that invade tissue.
  3. 7. a harmful substance produced within living cells or organisms.
  4. 8. a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease.
  5. 10. an infectious agent that can only replicate within a host organism.
  6. 11. the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.
Down
  1. 1. a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen.
  2. 2. a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
  3. 4. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
  4. 5. an organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another.
  5. 6. microscopic organisms not visible with the naked eye.
  6. 9. a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies.