Communicable Diseases

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Across
  1. 2. organisms that are so small they can only be seen through a microscope
  2. 5. a highly communicable viral disease characterized by fever, chills, fatigue, headache, muscle aches, and respiratory symptoms
  3. 7. an organism such as an insect that transmits pathogens
  4. 10. a viral disease characterized by inflammation of the liver and yellowing of the skin and the white of the eyes
  5. 14. the result of pathogens or germs invading the body, multiplying, and harming some of your body cells
  6. 15. the bodies response to injury or disease, resulting in a condition of swelling, pain, heat, and redness
  7. 16. germs that cause diseases
  8. 17. the smallest and simplest pathogens
  9. 18. simple one-celled organism
  10. 20. able to spread to others by direct or indirect contact
Down
  1. 1. a serious inflammation of the lungs
  2. 3. any condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the body and mind
  3. 4. cleanliness
  4. 6. specific proteins that attach to antigens, keeping them from harming the body
  5. 8. a preparation of dead or weakened pathogens that is introduced into the body to cause an immune response
  6. 9. a bacterial disease usually affecting the lungs
  7. 11. organisms that are more complex than bacteria but cannot make their own food
  8. 12. the ability to resist the pathogens that cause a particular disease
  9. 13. one-celled organisms that are more complex than bacteria
  10. 19. substances that send the immune system into action