Introduction to Public Health - Chapter 4

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Across
  1. 1. the type of immunity that occurs when exposure to a disease-causing organism prompts the immune system to develop antibodies against that disease
  2. 3. a type of disease that cannot be transmitted from one person to another
  3. 5. a communicable disease that is transmissible under natural conditions from animals to humans
  4. 9. a person or animal that harbors a communicable agent; serves as a potential source of infection to others
  5. 11. the separation of infected individuals from those who are susceptible
  6. 12. a person who is sick with a disease
  7. 14. describes diseases in which peak severity of symptoms occurs and subsides within 3 months
  8. 16. capability of a communicable agent to cause disease in a susceptible host
  9. 19. the level of disease prevention in which early diagnosis and prompt treatment of disease before the disease becomes advanced occurs
  10. 20. the level of disease prevention in which retraining, re-educating, and rehabilitating the patient has already been affected by a disease occurs
  11. 21. the planning for and the taking of action to forestall the onset of disease or other health issues
Down
  1. 2. a type of disease for which biological agents are the cause; transmissible from one individual to another
  2. 4. a susceptible person or organism invaded by an infectious agent
  3. 6. the cause of disease or health problem
  4. 7. the complete elimination of a disease
  5. 8. describes diseases in which symptoms continue longer than 3 months
  6. 10. a disease that infects only humans
  7. 11. ability go a biological agent to enter and grow in a host
  8. 13. the level of disease prevention before the disease process begins
  9. 15. the spread of cancer cells to distant parts of the body by the circulatory or lymphatic system
  10. 17. the type of immunity that occurs when a person receives antibodies against a disease rather than their immune system producing them
  11. 18. limitation of freedom of movement of those who have been exposed to a disease and may be incubating it