Chapter 1: Terms

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Across
  1. 3. incidence or prevalence of death in a population
  2. 4. slowly progressive, long duration
  3. 8. organism that carries and transmits a pathogen to a host such as a human being
  4. 9. pathogen transmitted from person to person
  5. 11. study of the incidence, prevalence, transmission, geographic distribution, and control of disease.
  6. 13. number of new cases of disease at a particular time
  7. 15. disease-causing microorganism
  8. 16. deviation from body's normal structure or function that negatively affects the body's vital functions
Down
  1. 1. objective evidence of disease
  2. 2. proportion of illness in a population
  3. 3. microorganisms that comprise individuals' internal ecosystem
  4. 5. communicable, transmissible
  5. 6. study of disease
  6. 7. rapid onset, relatively short duration, distinct signs and symptoms
  7. 10. group of signs and symptoms indicative of a particular disease
  8. 12. number of cases of disease, both old and new, at a particular time
  9. 14. Agency that monitors and protects Americans' health and serves as chief epidemiological institution in US
  10. 17. subjective evidence of disease