Diseases & Microbes

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Across
  1. 2. A common fungal infection.
  2. 5. An organism that causes disease.
  3. 7. A gel that is used to hold nutrients in petri dish.
  4. 9. Heart disease is a disease of this body system.
  5. 10. The worldwide spread of a new disease (e.g. Coronavirus).
  6. 11. A mass of bacteria growing in a petri dish.
  7. 12. transmission via breast feeding or through the placenta is an example of transmission by _________.
  8. 14. The effects of a disease.
  9. 17. Mental disorders have a variety of causes such as stress, trauma and _______ deficiencies.
  10. 20. A cough or a sneeze is an example of transmission by _________.
  11. 22. _________ diseases are caused by organisms.
  12. 23. A technology used to help treat infertility.
  13. 25. Lactose intolerance is a disease of this body system.
  14. 27. An important antibiotic discovered by Alexander Flemming.
  15. 29. Ebola is caused by this type of microbe.
  16. 30. Viruses need one to reproduce.
Down
  1. 1. Asthma is an example of a disease that affects the _________ system.
  2. 3. It's possible to catch cholera as a result of drinking dirty ________.
  3. 4. Increased resistance to a particular disease.
  4. 6. _________ diseases are not able to be transferred from person to person.
  5. 8. 15 down is caused by this type of microbe.
  6. 13. A non-infectious disease that involves the multiplication of body cells at an abnormal rate.
  7. 15. Mosquitos are carriers of the parasite that causes this disease.
  8. 16. A substance that can be used to prevent the growth of bacteria on a surface.
  9. 18. A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time (e.g. Ebola outbreak in west Africa).
  10. 19. Antibiotics are useful to treat these types of infection.
  11. 21. Renal dialysis is an example of a technology used to treat diseases of this organ.
  12. 24. Edward Jenner is credited with creating the first _________ when he discovered that infecting people with cowpox would protect them from smallpox.
  13. 26. The result of disease-causing microbes entering the body.
  14. 28. Many non-infectious diseases may be _______ by children from their parents (e.g. psoriasis or haemophilia).