Chapter 4 Crossword

2. taking of action to forestall the onset of a disease
6. fifth leading cause of death in United States
7. the complete elimination of a disease
9. model to conceptualize the transmission of communicable diseases
12. the capability of a communicable disease agent to cause disease in a susceptible host
14. neoplasm, uncontrolled tissue growth resulting from cells that have lost control over growth and division
17. the ability of a biological agent to enter and grow in the host
18. prevention, measures aimed at rehabilitation following significant pathogens
19. communicable disease transmissible from animals to humans
20. capability of a communicable disease agent to cause disease in a susceptible host

1. efforts to control a disease in progress
3. a person who is sick with a disease
4. prevention, preventive measures that lead to an early diagnosis and prompt treatment of a disease
5. immunity, occurs when exposure to a disease-causing organism prompts immune system to develop antibodies
8. disease that can't be transmitted from infected person to susceptible person
10. susceptible organism invaded by an infectious agent
11. spread of cancer cells to distant parts of the body
13. limitation of freedom of movement of those exposed to a disease
15. disease that infects only humans
16. person that harbors a specific communicable agent and serves as potential source of infection