Infectious Disease Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. Using microbes to break down pollutants and toxins.
  2. 10. An organism that causes disease.
  3. 12. A disease that can be passed from one organism to another.
  4. 14. An organism that transmits a disease.
  5. 15. An outbreak of a disease that affects many people in a community.
Down
  1. 1. A small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell.
  2. 2. The body's ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease.
  3. 3. A technology that changes the genetic material of a living organism.
  4. 4. A pathogen that consists of a microscopic core of genetic material surrounded by a protein coating.
  5. 6. A weakened or dead form of a pathogen that causes an organism to develop immunity against the pathogen.
  6. 7. A chemical produced by the immune system that destroys pathogens
  7. 8. Free from contamination caused by harmful bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms.
  8. 9. The manipulation of living things to make useful products.
  9. 11. The complete sequence of an organism's DNA.
  10. 13. A heating process where food is heated to a temperature that is high enough to kill most harmful bacteria without changing the taste of the food.