Diseases: Cause & Control

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Across
  1. 3. inanimate objects which carry pathogens until the object touches something else
  2. 10. ability to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies
  3. 11. protein responsible for neutralizing or destroying toxins and toxin-producing organisms
  4. 12. single celled microorganism varying in shape and size, responsible for causing a disease
  5. 13. substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
Down
  1. 1. measures taken to prevent the introduction or spread of a pathogen
  2. 2. study of disease
  3. 4. spore producing organism which feeds on organic matter and is responsible for causing a disease
  4. 5. live organisms responsible for providing health benefits
  5. 6. organism responsible for causing diseases upon entering the body
  6. 7. organism which lives in or on another organism and obtains nutrients at the expense of the host
  7. 8. structure on the surface of a pathogen responsible for attaching to receptors on immune cells
  8. 9. alteration of the body or body organs which interrupts or disturbs the body’s functions