Diseases: Cause & Control

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Across
  1. 2. study of disease
  2. 3. Vaccine vaccine which contains an inactive form of a pathogen incapable of replicating
  3. 4. occurs when a large number of animals in a group become immune to a pathogen
  4. 5. live organisms responsible for providing health benefits
  5. 6. infectious agent made of a piece of genetic code protected by a coating of protein which can cause a disease
  6. 8. spore producing organism which feeds on organic matter and is responsible for causing a disease
  7. 9. vaccine which contains a weakened live version of the pathogen which can replicate once in the animal’s body
  8. 13. single-celled microorganism varying in shape and size, responsible for causing a disease
  9. 14. organism responsible for causing diseases upon entering the body
  10. 15. study of causes of diseases
  11. 16. alteration of the body or body organs which interrupts or disturbs the body’s functions
  12. 19. body’s ability to maintain an internal environment through adjustments of biochemical and physical pathways
Down
  1. 1. inanimate objects which carry pathogens until the object touches something else
  2. 2. factors responsible for making an animal more susceptible to disease
  3. 7. protein responsible for neutralizing or destroying toxins and toxin-producing organisms
  4. 10. ability to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies
  5. 11. substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
  6. 12. organism which lives in or on another organism and obtains nutrients at the expense of the host; also responsible for causing a disease
  7. 17. structure on the surface of a pathogen responsible for attaching to receptors on immune cells
  8. 18. measures taken to prevent the introduction or spread of a pathogen