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- 4. people who have not fully recovered from COVID-19 weeks or months after first symptoms.
- 6. time between exposure to an infection and when symptoms begin.
- 8. a diagnostic test that detects specific proteins on the surface of the virus.
- 10. indicates the benefit of a vaccine compared to a placebo in the context of a clinical trial.
- 11. lab produced proteins mimicking naturally occurring antibodies that target specific antigens on viruses, bacteria, and cancer cells.
- 12. indicates whether you are currently infected with COVID-19.
- 13. proteins made by the immune system to fight infections.
- 14. a disease outbreak affecting large populations or a whole region, country, or continent.
- 16. infectious viral particles that can float or drift around in the air.
- 17. separation of people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick.
- 19. a harmless capsule in a vaccine used to deliver a substance into the body in order to prompt an immune response.
- 20. one or more mutations that make it different from a version of the virus that has been circulating.
- 21. a disease outbreak in a community or region.
- 23. when enough people become immune to a disease to make its spread unlikely.
- 25. indicates the benefit of a vaccine in the real world.
- 28. actions taken to stop or slow down the spread of a contagious disease.
- 29. severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2 is the official name for the virus responsible for COVID-19
- 30. PCR diagnostic test that detects the presence of the virus's genetic material.
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- 1. partial or complete protection from a specific infection because a person has either had that infection previously or has been vaccinated against it.
- 2. mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 contain synthetic mRNA.
- 3. change to a virus’s genetic material that occurs when the virus is replicating passed to future generations of the virus.
- 5. refers to steps taken to limit the impact of an illness.
- 7. additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine given after protection from the initial vaccine series begins to decline.
- 9. a process that begins with identifying everyone a person diagnosed with a given illness.
- 15. the constellation of symptoms experienced by COVID-19 long haulers.
- 18. when people have been infected without any knowledge
- 22. the smallest of infectious microbes consisting of a small piece of genetic material (DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protein shell.
- 24. a substance displayed on the surface of a microbe that stimulates the body to produce an immune response.
- 26. a test result that mistakenly indicates you are infected when you are not.
- 27. test result that mistakenly indicates you are not infected when you are.