Across
- 2. A microorganism that has the potential to cause disease.
- 8. Treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens (used on milk).
- 9. When an infectious disease spreads worldwide.
- 10. A type of pathogen that cause disease by rapidly reproducing and making toxins which damage our body cells (tetanus, cholera, E. Coli).
- 12. When an infectious disease has many cases in only one area of the world.
- 13. Drugs that kill bacteria
Down
- 1. Isolating an infected person or thing to prevent spread of diseases.
- 3. When a person has white blood cells that can rapidly make antibodies to get rid of pathogens.
- 4. proteins created by white blood cells that destroy pathogens
- 5. A type of pathogen that causes diseases by growing on a host.
- 6. An inactive pathogen that can prevent some diseases
- 7. Microorganisms that cause disease; bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi, etc.
- 9. A type of pathogen that absorbs nutrients from a host (protozoans, worms, malaria)
- 11. A type of pathogen that infects living plant or animal cells to reproduce (flu, rabies, Ebola)