Infectious Disease Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat.
  2. 4. one another through direct contact.
  3. 6. develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed
  4. 7. Temporarily inactive.
  5. 8. causes an organism to develop immunity against the
  6. 9. out and heating.
  7. 11. The process by which bacteria transfer genetic material
  8. 12. An infectious microbe consisting of a segment of
  9. 14. Tough spore that allows bacteria to withstand freezing,
Down
  1. 1. A virus or infection that no longer exists.
  2. 3. kill them.
  3. 4. identical daughter cells.
  4. 5. A medicine that kills bacteria or slows their growth.
  5. 6. Fission A type of asexual reproduction, where one cell produces
  6. 10. A preparation of a weakened or dead form of a pathogen
  7. 13. Immunity When a large part of the population of an area is