Infectious Disease

3. Eukaryotes that cannot be classified as animals, plants or fungi.
6. A medicine that kills bacteria or slows their growth.
7. Temporarily inactive.
10. An outbreak of a disease that affects many people in a limited area.
11. A virus or infection that no longer exists.
12. Eukaryotic heterotrophic organisms that play important roles in decomposition. Includes mushrooms, mildews, and molds.

1. When a large part of the population of an area is immune to a specific disease making the spread of the disease less likely.
2. An outbreak of a disease that spreads over a large area or throughout the world.
4. An infectious microbe consisting of a segment of either DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat.
5. Any microbe that can cause disease.
8. A preparation of a weakened or dead form of a pathogen that causes an organism to develop immunity against the pathogen.
9. An organism who transmits a disease or parasite.