Infectious Disease Review

123456789101112131415161718
Across
  1. 3. Created by our own immune system when we are exposed to a potential disease-causing agent
  2. 6. A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
  3. 7. A type of immunity that develops when a person's immune system responds to a foreign substance
  4. 10. I like Taylor Swift
  5. 13. Main responders to viral infection
  6. 14. The process of infecting or the state of being infected.
  7. 15. The ability of the immune system to respond more rapidly and effectively to pathogens
  8. 16. One or more epidemiologically connected populations or environments in which the pathogen can be permanently maintained
  9. 18. When diseases spread through the direct transfer of bacteria, viruses or other germs from one person to another
Down
  1. 1. Small single-celled organisms
  2. 2. Disease that results from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals
  3. 4. Infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism
  4. 5. Usually involves antibodies directed at multiple epitopes
  5. 8. Plasma cells and memory cells.
  6. 9. Viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and helminths.
  7. 11. Introducing a vaccine into the body
  8. 12. An epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region
  9. 17. The defense system you were born with