Viruses

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Across
  1. 3. surrounds the capsid and helps the virus enter cells
  2. 5. The basic unit of all living things.
  3. 7. A protein coat that may contain RNA or DNA but not both
  4. 8. A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.
  5. 9. stimulates a host's immune system to mount defenses against the pathogen
  6. 11. DNA is added to the host cell's DNA and is copied along
  7. 12. The resistance to an infectious disease
  8. 13. A pandemic results from an epidemic that has grown past geographic boundaries.
  9. 14. RNA virus that contains reverse transcriptase
  10. 15. A viral infection causing small painful blisters and inflammation
  11. 16. An organism that can cause disease
  12. 18. A compound that inhibits the growth and reproduction of bacteria.
Down
  1. 1. A specialized protein produced by the immune system that helps destroy disease-causing organisms.
  2. 2. helps ensure that if someone is already exposed, that they stay away from others.
  3. 4. The complete elimination of a disease.
  4. 5. A disease that can spread from person to person through direct or indirect transmission.
  5. 6. cycle of viral infection; results in replication of virus and cell destruction
  6. 10. to give someone a disease
  7. 15. virus attacks and destroys the human immune system.
  8. 17. A cell that a virus invades