Host-Microbe Interactions

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Across
  1. 4. The degree of pathogenicity of an organism: the relative ability of a pathogen to cause disease.
  2. 8. ___________ pathogens are normal flora that can cause problems once they get into specific sites, often in immunocompromised individuals.
  3. 9. A human host has two arms of defence mechanism collectively known as the ________ system.
  4. 10. ________ pathogens are biological agents that causes disease or illness to a healthy host.
  5. 11. Detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign parasite species.
Down
  1. 1. A response which involves T and B-cells in a human host is known as _________ immunity
  2. 2. The ability to produce pathology (abnormal reactions in the body)
  3. 3. Microbial pathogenicity is determined by 3 main factors with the acronym _______.
  4. 5. DISEASE, Host suffers an impairment of a normal function due to an organism that lives within or upon it.
  5. 6. Microflora that resides in or on the human body that are harmless and maybe even beneficial are also known as __________.
  6. 7. A fast or rapid host response system in a human host to external perturbation is known as _________ immunity.