Pandemic Vocab!

3. Something able to cause infection or disease, as in food poisoning, tetanus, etc.
6. The field focused on protecting and improving people’s health in society.
7. Keeping distance between people to reduce transmission risk.
9. A substance that helps the body develop immunity against a disease.
10. Actions to reduce the effects of a disease.
12. Community protection achieved when enough people become immune to a disease.
13. The spread of a disease from one person to another.
14. Something able to spread from person to person, as in flu, COVID-19, etc.
15. Microscopic organisms that exist everywhere; some are harmful, others beneficial.
16. The initial documented individual infected during an epidemic or outbreak investigation.

1. The percentage or rate of deaths within a population.
2. The rapid spread of an infectious disease across a large population within a specific area.
3. A disease or health problem affecting the body or mind.
4. The rapid appearance of a disease in a specific place or group.
5. A period of separation for people who may have been exposed to a disease.
7. A person who isn't feeling well.
8. Measures used to control and limit the spread of an outbreak.
11. A microscopic infectious agent that reproduces inside living cells.