Nosocomial Infections

5. can be spread through an orifice, ingesting contaminated food, inhalation or sexual contact; can be treated with antibiotics
6. how the pathogen gets into a potential host
9. worms; spread through consuming food contaminated with feces or a bite from an infected insect
14. a type of disease that cannot be "caught"; aka genetic disorders
15. a type of disease that can be "caught"
16. an organism in which another organism lives
17. invade the digestive system and deprive the host of essential nutrients; typically spread by ingesting food/water contaminated with feces of an infected organism

1. immunity acquired following infection or a vaccine
2. someone extremely old or extremely young is said to be more ______ to disease
3. non-specific immune defenses that we are born with
4. a disease-causing organism
7. specific immune defenses we get over a lifetime of exposures
8. how the pathogen exits an organism
10. examples include mold, mushrooms and yeast; they infect when spores are inhaled or land on a host
11. nonliving microscopic agents; invade the host cells and take over the cell's protein synthesis process
12. establishment of a disease-causing organism inside a host
13. proteins that are spread by consuming tainted meat, using contaminated medical equipment, or receiving organ transplants from a contaminated source; produce neurological symptoms