Across
- 3. spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact
- 5. a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant
- 6. any of a group of spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter
- 8. conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease
- 9. an organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a pathogen, disease, or parasite
- 10. lung inflammation caused by a bacterial or viral infection
- 13. an organism causing disease to its host
- 14. a phylum or group of phyla that comprises the single-celled microscopic animals
- 15. part of the body's defense to injury or infection
Down
- 1. a substance used to stimulate immunity to a particular infectious disease or pathogen
- 2. the period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms
- 4. an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat
- 7. a microorganism, especially one which causes disease
- 11. a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms
- 12. the process of infecting or the state of being infected