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  1. 2. an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
  2. 9. a genus of double-stranded RNA viruses in the family Reoviridae. Rotaviruses are the most common cause of diarrhoeal disease among infants and young children. Nearly every child in the world is infected with a rotavirus at least once by the age of five.
  3. 10. a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, severe aching, and catarrh, and often occurring in epidemics.
  4. 12. A common viral infection that can be deadly, especially in high-risk groups.
  5. 13. An inflammatory bronchial reaction in young children and infants.
  6. 14. an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhea.
  7. 18. An eradicated virus that used to be contagious, disfiguring, and often deadly.
  8. 20. fever A mosquito-borne viral disease occurring in tropical and subtropical areas.
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  1. 1. a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some which can cause disease.
  2. 3. A potentially serious infectious bacterial disease that mainly affects the lungs.
  3. 4. Virus a hemorrhagic fever virus of the Filoviridae family of viruses and a member of the species Marburg marburgvirus, genus Marburgvirus. Marburg virus causes Marburg virus disease in humans and nonhuman primates, a form of viral hemorrhagic fever. The virus is considered to be extremely dangerous.
  4. 5. Plague A rare but serious bacterial infection that's transmitted by fleas.
  5. 6. a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus in the Hantaviridae family of the order Bunyavirales. These viruses normally infect rodents, but do not cause disease in them. Humans may become infected with hantaviruses through contact with rodent urine, saliva, or feces.
  6. 7. Infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs, which may fill with fluid.
  7. 8. an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.
  8. 11. causes AIDS and interferes with the body's ability to fight infections.
  9. 15. A virus that causes severe bleeding, organ failure, and can lead to death.
  10. 16. A deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of infected animals.
  11. 17. A common viral infection of the nose and throat.
  12. 19. any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, fungi, which is separate from the other eukaryotic life kingdoms of plants and animals.