agents of disease

1. When an infectious disease that infests people worldwide
5. a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease
6. began pasteurizing(heating) milk to kill bacteria. Also developed a vaccine to prevent Rabies
10. Drugs that destroy/kill bacteria, made from mold
11. a type of pathogen that can cause diseases like athletes foot and ringworm.
13. When there are lots of cases of an infectious disease in one area of the world.

1. microorganisms that cause disease. Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi and Protozoans(parasites).
2. When a person has white blood cells that can rapidly make the correct antibodies to destroy/kill a pathogen.
3. The first doctor to recognize the importance of sanitizing not only tools but also doctors(i.e. hand washing) to PREVENT the spread of diseases.
4. treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens(Louis Pasteur) This process is used to make milk safe to drink.
7. Special proteins which destroys/kills pathogens
8. A dead or inactive form of a pathogen. They prevent some types of diseases such as measles, mumps, Hepatitis B.
9. A non-living sub-microscopic particle that must infect living plant or animal cells to reproduce.
12. Resistance a condition in which bacteria can no longer be killed by a particular antibiotic