Infectious Diseases Crossword Puzzle Assignment

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  1. 2. charged with fighting off bacterias, viruses and cancers; mark invaders to be destroyed by other parts of the immune system
  2. 6. a DNA molecule that is used as a vehicle to carry a particular DNA segment into a host cell
  3. 7. Infections that are spread between people and animals
  4. 8. estimated number of newly infected during a specific time frame
  5. 10. Aarav
  6. 11. the study of the determinants, occurrence, and distribution of health and disease in a defined population.
  7. 13. Cannot survive without a host, extremely small and most of them cause disease. They reprogram cells to help them reproduce.
  8. 17. The ability of an agent of infection to produce disease.
  9. 18. attack and kill infected cells in the body; Secrete antibodies; send messages to other parts of the immune system to increase their response to a threat
  10. 19. an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region
  11. 20. Or acquired immunity, refers to immunity that occurs in response to exposure to a particular antigen
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  1. 1. a host organism in which an infectious agent that is pathogenic for some other species lives and multiplies typically without damaging the host
  2. 3. Can be defined as the body’s ability to recognize and destroy pathogens
  3. 4. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
  4. 5. Refers to the action of structures and substances that are naturally present
  5. 9. A passage or transfer, as of a disease from one individual to another or of neutral impulses from one neuron to another
  6. 12. stimulating a response from the immune system to a virus or bacterium.
  7. 14. the fact or condition of being prevalent; commonness.
  8. 15. Any power, principle or substance capable of producing an effect, whether physical, chemical or biological.
  9. 16. Single celled organisms that can survive on their own.