Across
- 7. An outbreak at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia; linked to contaminated air conditioning systems.
- 8. These spores were mailed to U.S. officials, causing 22 cases and 5 deaths.
- 9. A virus identified in the 1980s that weakens the immune system and can lead to a syndrome marked by life-threatening infections, transmitted through blood, bodily fluids, or childbirth.
- 10. A highly lethal virus originating in Africa, causing severe hemorrhagic fever.
Down
- 1. Caused by consuming infected cattle, leading to a variant in humans.
- 2. First outbreak in Germany and Yugoslavia from lab monkeys; causes severe hemorrhagic fever with high mortality.
- 3. A respiratory illness outbreak that emerged in 2009, initially linked to pigs
- 4. Linked to ritualistic cannibalism, causing neurodegenerative disease among the Fore people.
- 5. Spread across the Americas, linked to birth defects like microcephaly in babies born to infected mothers.
- 6. First identified in NYC, this mosquito-borne virus can cause encephalitis and fever.