Across
- 2. Tiny one-celled organisms that live nearly everywhere
- 4. A strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease
- 8. the period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms
- 9. Primitive life-forms, such as molds or yeasts, that cannot make their own food
- 11. one-celled organisms that have a more complex structure than bacteria
- 12. Any substance that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease
- 15. A microorganism that causes disease'
- 17. An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people in an area
- 19. The smallest and simplest disease-causing organisms
- 20. a disease that can be spread through close contact
Down
- 1. a disease occurs in greater numbers than expected in a community or region or during a season
- 3. the ability of microbes to grow in the presence of a chemical (drug) that would normally kill them or limit their growth
- 5. A disease that can be spread to a person from another person, an animal, or an object
- 6. An organism that transmits pathogens from one host to another
- 7. An organism that has a pathogen and can spread it but does not show any symptoms
- 10. An organism on WHICH a parasite lives
- 13. an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person
- 14. A disease that spreads over a large area or throughout the world
- 16. Organisms that are so small they can only be seen through a microscope
- 18. Ability of an organism to resist a particular infection
