Communicable Diseases

1. The ______________ cells are leftover T-Lymphocytes that remember how to fight a specific germ
2. The disease affecting the lungs that can be caused by a virus or bacteria
5. The type of contact occurring when your body touches the body of another person
7. Any condition that interferes with the normal or proper function of the body or mind
9. The white blood cells that swallow up germs, but leave behind antigens
10. This pathogen releases spores in order to grow
12. The type of disease that CAN be transmitted from person to person
13. The type of contact occurring when you touch something someone else has touched
14. Most of this pathogen are actually helpful instead of harmful
15. What you take to kill a bacterial infection

1. Known as the "kissing disease" because it is spread through infected saliva
2. This pathogen causes Malaria, which is transmitted by infected mosquitos
3. The defensive white blood cells that attack infected cells in the body
4. A dead or weakened disease injected into the body so your body develops antibodies against it
6. The ________________ system is the part of the body that fights disease
8. This is what you get when germs in your body multiply and attack
11. The pathogen needs a host cell in order to replicate
14. The defensive white blood cells that create antibodies to attack antigens