Across
- 6. A treatment that contains modified versions of pathogens that are not harmful but can trigger an immune response
- 10. A drug used to kill bacteria without damaging human cells
- 15. HPV (Three words)
- 17. A class of white blood cells that responds to pathogens by engulfing them
- 18. A non-communicable disease that can be caused by being very overweight
- 19. A chemical applied to a non living surface to kill pathogens
Down
- 1. Destroys pathogens that enter the body using chemicals with a low pH (two words)
- 2. A living organism that can spread infectious diseases to other organisms, like a mosquito
- 3. A bacterium that causes food poisoning
- 4. A drug used to treat viral infections
- 5. A type of pathogen that causes disease like athlete's foot and powdery mildew
- 7. A type of pathogen that causes disease like malaria (sometimes referred to as a protist)
- 8. A molecule found on the surface of a pathogen that is recognised by the immune system as foreign
- 9. A class of white blood cells that responds to pathogens by releasing chemicals like antibodies and antitoxins
- 10. A chemical that kills all types of pathogens but do not damage human tissue
- 11. An organelle found with bacteria that contains genes that can causes diseases like crown gall disease
- 12. The development of antibodies to pathogens that provides protection against future infections by the same pathogen
- 13. Hair-like structures that move mucus to the throat
- 14. A type of pathogen responsible for diseases like TB and food poisoning
- 16. A type of pathogen that causes diseases like the common cold and Tobacco Mosaic Virus
- 20. A form of non-specific defence against infection