Infectious Disease Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. the cause of a disease
  2. 4. subjective manifestation of disease
  3. 7. the number of new cases of a disease in a given population or area during a given time period
  4. 8. symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits the other organism is harmed
  5. 9. a disease that develops rapidly but lasts only a short time
  6. 13. invasion or colonization of the body by a pathogen
  7. 17. Gram negative bacteria die and lyse the lipopolysaccharide is released
  8. 19. a disease that easily spreads from one host to another host
  9. 20. toxin that kills cells that line the GI tract
  10. 21. a disease that occurs at a greater than normal frequency for a given population or area
  11. 24. the study of where and when disease occurs
  12. 25. toxin that kills host cells of affect host cell function
Down
  1. 1. two organisms living together
  2. 2. toxin produced by the bacterium and secreted into the environment where they are transported throughout the body via the bloodstream
  3. 3. only a few cases of a disease occur
  4. 5. the total number of cases of a disease in a given population or area during a given time period
  5. 6. the degree of pathogenicity
  6. 10. any disease that spreads from one host to another host
  7. 11. an epidemic that occurs simultaneously on more than one continent
  8. 12. a disease that develops slowly and is continual or recurrent
  9. 14. toxin that interferes with never function causing rigid or flaccid paralysis
  10. 15. a disease that occurs at a relatively stable frequency within a given population or area
  11. 16. an objective manifestation of disease
  12. 18. the ability of a microbe to cause disease
  13. 22. any change from a state of health
  14. 23. a disease where the pathogen remains inactive for a long period of time before becoming active