Across
- 1. part of the immune system, participating in both the innate and humoral immune responses
- 3. adapts to the virus to help fight to such infections
- 5. a protein produced by the body's immune system when it detects harmful substances, called antigens
- 11. Any substance that inhibits the growth and replication of a bacterium or kills it outright
- 13. A cell that is part of the immune system and helps the body fight infections and other diseases
- 14. cells that develop in the bone marrow
- 16. a mean by which the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it
- 19. acquired from exposure to the disease organism through infection with the actual disease
- 20. consist of both T cells and B cells to target specific antigens
Down
- 2. a viral reproductive stage where the virus's DNA is replicated using the host cell's DNA
- 4. composed of cells to fight against foreign viruses first
- 6. The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease
- 7. when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system
- 8. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease
- 9. the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of antibiotics
- 10. make antibiotics to help fight infections
- 12. infectious agent of small size and simple composition that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria
- 15. a method by which a virus can replicate its DNA using a host cell
- 17. a complex network of organs, cells and proteins that defends the body against infection, whilst protecting the body's own cells
- 18. Any substance that causes the body to make an immune response against that substance
