Across
- 5. immunity that is naturally existing
- 6. protect you from infection by making proteins called antibodies
- 8. a cell that takes in and breaks down foreign material and waste
- 10. the reproduction of viruses using a host cell to manufacture more viruses
- 11. microscopic organisms that can infect hosts
- 15. a mean by which the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it
- 16. a type of white blood cell that play an important role in the human immune system
- 17. a protein made by plasma cells
- 19. any substance that causes the body to make an immune response against that substance
- 20. compounds that target bacteria and, thus, are intended to treat and prevent bacterial infections
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- 1. incorporate their nucleic acid into the chromosome of the host cell and replicate it
- 2. when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them
- 3. a cell that is part of the immune system and helps the body fight infections and other diseases
- 4. a type of immune cell that is made in the bone marrow and is found in the blood and in lymph tissue
- 7. major components of the adaptive immune system
- 9. effective way of protecting you against harmful diseases, before you come into contact with them
- 12. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease
- 13. the body's defense against infections
- 14. part of the immune system, participating in both the innate and humoral immune responses
- 18. a cell that is part of the immune system and helps the body fight infections and other diseases.
