Post task #1: Host-Parasite Interaction, Pathogenesis of Infection

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Across
  1. 5. Capable of transmitting the pathogen to others without the host knowing they are infected.
  2. 7. Inability of a bacterium to move independently.
  3. 8. This infection is clinically silent inside the body without any signs and symptoms before infecting the host in a severe way.
  4. 11. A symbiotic relationship where one organism (the parasite) benefits at the expense of the other (the host).
  5. 12. Do not produce a capsule, a layer of polysaccharide or protein that surrounds the cell wall.
  6. 14. A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is neither harmed nor benefited.
  7. 17. A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.
  8. 18. It starts as a local infection and it spreads to other parts of the body.
  9. 19. This is where the agent can grow, live, and multiply.
  10. 20. Do not have the ability to produce endospores.
Down
  1. 1. The ability of bacteria to resist the effects of antibiotics.
  2. 2. Refers to the invasion and multiplication of pathogenic bacteria in a host organism.
  3. 3. CARRIER This can continue to harbor a pathogen such as hepatitis B virus or Salmonella typhi, for months or years.
  4. 4. The ability of a microorganism to inflict damage to its host.
  5. 6. An organism that causes disease.
  6. 9. The presence of bacteria in the blood without active multiplication.
  7. 10. A systemic inflammatory response to infection.
  8. 13. The close and often long-term interaction between different kinds of organisms.
  9. 15. This infection spreads throughout the body by blood or lymph nodes.
  10. 16. This is when two organisms coexist without one harming the other.