Infection & Immunology

1. Infection involving only one organ or site
3. Period of infection marked by fever and early symptoms
9. Harmfulness of a disease; relative power of a pathogen
10. Insects and rodents that transmit infection and diseases
11. Illness or infection that may be brief with a sudden onset
12. Body's first line of defense against invasion of pathogens
14. A form of adaptive immunity
17. Person that harbors pathogens without being sick
21. The only drug known to treat MRSA
22. Retrovirus that attacks and destroys the immune system T-helper leukocytes
23. Type of transmission from person to person contact
24. Immunity that exists from the time of birth
25. Process of the destruction of bacteria by WBCs during the inflammatory process

2. Study of the ways the body resists infection
4. Herpes simplex is an example for this type of infection
5. Method of transmission from eating contaminated food
6. Example of a mixed infection
7. Transmission of Hepatitis B
8. Infection that follows or complicates the original infection
13. Illness or infection that has a continued presence
15. The body's local tissue reaction to injury
16. Immunity produced by the body producing antibodies in response to antigens
18. The proliferation and growth of any microorganism or virus in the body
19. Severe allergic reaction possibly resulting in death
20. The spread of infection from one area of the body to another location of the body