Infectious Disease
Across
- 6. parasites that live in water and can infect/live off a host
- 7. an organism that does not cause the disease but rather spreads it
- 9. cells that are released in response to an allergic or inflammatory reaction
- 12. spreading or passing along a pathogen
- 16. spread from one person or organism to another
- 17. one celled organisms that are everywhere and cause infection
- 18. widespread amount of an infection
- 20. the likely outcome of a disease
- 21. infectious disease a disease that cant be passed on
- 22. Contact person to person transmission of disease like hand to mouth or nose
- 23. physical or mental signs or a disease
- 26. a substance that will fuel the production of antibodies and provide immunity against certain diseases
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- 1. a substance produced by the body to fight diseases
- 2. cells that allow the body to remember and recognize previous invaders and help the body destroy them
- 3. Immune Disease an illness that occurs when the body attacks it own immune system
- 4. an animal or plant that a parasite or organism lives in
- 5. contact a pathogen is transmitted through contaminated substances like food, air , soil, and equipment
- 8. a type of cell in the immune system that absorbs bacteria and other small germs
- 10. Period the period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms
- 11. System the body's defense against infections and other invaders
- 13. Disease disease conversed by organisms
- 14. Precautions a set of infection control practices used to prevent transmission of diseases that can be developed by contact with blood, body fluids, or rashes
- 15. a toxin or other foreign substance that fuels the production of antibodies
- 19. of Transmission a way a pathogen can be transmitted to another host, contaminated hands is the most common mode of transmission
- 20. a germ that causes disease or illness to its host
- 24. a lymphocyte produced by the thymus gland and helps with immunity
- 25. an infectious germ that reproduces inside its host