Across
- 6. A foreign protein that invades the body
- 8. Disease transmission when infected droplets contact a person’s eyes, nose, or mouth. Droplets are too large to be airborne and will quickly settle onto surfaces.
- 9. Immunity obtained as a result of experiencing an illness
- 11. The period of time between exposure and appearance of symptoms
- 12. A skin rash accompanying a disease, usually in children
Down
- 1. Capable of being transmitted from person to person
- 2. Microorganisms shed from the body in feces which are spread to others by lack of proper sanitation or hygiene practices.
- 3. A non-living item that can harbor microorganisms for a period of time and act as a vehicle of transmission
- 4. When a population has a high level of the disease all the time
- 5. When there are more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area, or among a specific group of people, over a particular period of time
- 7. Transmission that requires physical contact like touching, kissing, sexual contact, touching oral secretions, or body lesions
- 10. Transmission by being expelled from an infected person through coughing, laughing, or sneezing.