Infectious Disease Vocabulary
Across
- 6. type of pathogen that undergoes binary fission
- 9. creates memory cells to fight future infections
- 12. an organism that carries the disease
- 13. diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes are considered __________ diseases
- 14. This disease mutates every 20-40 years
- 15. type of pathogen requires a host cell for replication
Down
- 1. when the majority of a population receives a vaccine, it tends to create this
- 2. worldwide outbreak of a disease
- 3. bacteria could gain resistance to this type of medication
- 4. outbreak that only affects a certain area
- 5. any microscopic organism
- 7. type of pathogen that includes molds, mildews, and mushrooms
- 8. type of pathogen that requires a host for nutrition
- 10. the diseases that can spread between people
- 11. any disease-causing microbes