Dengue Fever
Across
- 3. an organism that causes disease
- 6. foreign substance (usually on the surface of a pathogen) that induces an immune response
- 7. vector for dengue fever
- 8. showing no symptoms
- 9. strain of microorganism
- 11. where mosquitos usually lay eggs
- 12. Protein that detects, tags, and sometimes kills pathogens and other foreign substances
- 14. immunity to multiple similar strains of viruses or viruses after having only fought off one
- 15. condition where your body temperature is above 98.6° F
Down
- 1. region responsible for 70% of all global cases
- 2. one of the only ways of getting infected with dengue fever
- 4. virus that causes dengue fever
- 5. percentage of dengue fever cases which are asymptomatic
- 10. the virus that causes dengue falls under this family
- 13. non-living parasite comprised of genetic information enclosed in a membrane