Topic 3: Infection and Response
Across
- 1. The process of introducing small quantities of dead or inactive forms of a pathogen into the body to stimulate the white blood cells to produce antibodies
- 3. Microorganisms that cause infectious disease.
- 6. An important type of cell that makes up the immune system and produces antibodies and antitoxins.
- 8. Other additional effects that the drug has that are different from the expected effect of the drug.
Down
- 2. Medicines that help to cure bacterial disease by killing bacteria inside the body
- 4. A disease caused by a protist that causes recurrent episodes of fever and can be fatal.
- 5. A bacterial disease that is spread by bacteria ingested in food and can cause a fever, abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea.
- 7. An infectious virus that weakens the immune system and can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).