Across
- 3. disease caused by an infectious agent, such as a virus or bacteria, and can be transmitted from one source to another
- 5. the scientific discipline that seeks to describe, quantify, and determine how diseases occur in populations and aid in developing methods of controlling those diseases
- 8. immunity that allows long-term resistance to a specific disease-causing organism
- 10. a living organism that can transmit infectious diseases to humans
- 12. a host's ability to resist a particular infectious disease-causing agent
- 15. a factor that causes or contributes to a health problem or condition
- 16. two words, short-term resistance to a specific disease-causing organism which can be acquired naturally or artificially
Down
- 1. two words, time interval between exposure to an infectious agent and the onset of symptoms
- 2. susceptible human or animal who harbors and nourishes a disease-causing agent
- 4. agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, worms, and insects
- 6. level of prevention that is the most cost-effective approach to ensuring population health through health promotion and education strategies and health protection policies
- 7. two words, refers to the information gathered from the ongoing registration of births, deaths, adoptions, divorces, and marriages
- 9. agent that is in the form of a liquid, solid, gas, dust, or fume
- 11. refers to the relationship between a cause and its effect
- 13. statistical measures expressing the proportion of people with a given health problem among a population at risk
- 14. the ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data