Infectious Diseases

3. the action of structures and substances that are naturally present
9. immunity that occurs in response to exposure to a particular antigen
16. the body’s ability to recognize and destroy pathogens
18. the quality of being poisonous or injurious to life
19. an unexpected increase in the number of disease cases in a specific geographical area.
20. a measure of disease that allows us to determine a person's probability of being diagnosed with a disease during a given period of time.

1. treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity to a particular infectious disease or pathogen.
2. a disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals.
4. the study outbreaks of diseases, the causes, locations, and how various communities are affected, utilizing relative information to aid in the prevention of future outbreaks.
5. the cause of the disease
6. single-celled microorganisms that lack a nuclear membrane, are metabolically active and divide by binary fission.
7. living organisms that can transmit infectious pathogens between humans, or from animals to humans
8. the transfer of a disease or infection from person to person.
10. a measure of disease that allows us to determine a person's likelihood of having a disease
11. microscopic organisms that can infect hosts, like humans, plants or animals.
12. has lived in Japan
13. a type of white blood cell called lymphocytes.
14. a key player of the adaptive immune response that is responsible for humoral immunity in mammals
15. any person, animal, plant, soil or substance in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies.
17. like an epidemic but even more widespread over several countries or continents.