Across
- 4. microorganisms that cause disease
- 6. a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease
- 7. When there are lots of cases of an infectious disease in one area of the world.
- 8. Special proteins which destroys/kills pathogens (made by white blood cells)
- 9. When a person has white blood cells that can rapidly make the correct antibodies to destroy/kill a pathogen.
- 11. A one-celled prokaryotic microorganism without a nucleus. Cause disease by rapidly reproducing and making toxins which damage our body cells.
Down
- 1. treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens
- 2. Plasmodium causes Malaria. It is transmitted by the anopheles mosquito through its saliva when it sucks blood
- 3. A dead or inactive form of a pathogen. They prevent some types of diseases
- 4. When an infectious disease spreads worldwide.
- 5. Drugs that destroy/kill bacteria
- 10. A non-living sub-microscopic particle that must infect living plant or animal cells to reproduce. Not made of cells.