Infection and response
Across
- 7. When pathogens get into the body and make you ill
- 8. A marker on a pathogen that the body recognises
- 10. A medicine that kills bacteria
- 11. immunity When lots of people are vaccinated so disease can’t spread
- 12. A single-celled organism that can cause disease
- 14. A tiny pathogen that lives inside cells
- 15. blood cell Blood cell that fights infection
Down
- 1. A small amount of dead or weak pathogen to protect you
- 2. Small cells that can release toxins and cause illness
- 3. The body’s first barrier against pathogens
- 4. A microorganism that causes disease
- 5. A pathogen that can grow on skin or plants
- 6. A drug that reduces symptoms but doesn’t kill pathogens
- 9. Made by white blood cells to attack pathogens
- 13. system The body’s defence against pathogens