Outbreaks, Epidemics and Pandemics
Across
- 3. occurs when a new subtype of virus arises
- 5. the severity of a disease caused by a virus
- 8. killed 40-50 million people in 1918
- 9. disease occurs in greater numbers than expected
- 12. example of a destructive global pandemic
- 13. how long an outbreak can last
- 14. provides an influenza pandemic alert system
- 17. killed 1 million people in 1968
- 18. avoid these as much as possible and stay home if ill
- 20. one of the ways a virus spreads from person to person
Down
- 1. who is at risk when humans have no immunity to a new virus
- 2. a global disease outbreak
- 4. avoid touching these unless you have just washed hands
- 6. when an infectious disease spreads rapidly
- 7. can spread from one person to another
- 10. wear one of these if you cant stay 6 feet from others
- 11. you should wash your hands with these to prevent spread
- 15. how many phases of a scale tracking disease
- 16. severe acute respiratory syndrome
- 19. phase two: this type of virus has spread to humans