Pathogens

4. medications that can inhibit the replication of viruses
7. the ability of a microorganism to cause disease
10. the sudden occurrence of a disease in a community or region
11. a widespread outbreak of a disease that affects many individuals at the same time
12. an organism that provides a living environment for a pathogen to grow and reproduce
13. the invasion and multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms in a host
15. the transfer of a pathogen from one host to another

1. the ability of an organism to resist infection by a pathogen
2. the transmission of disease from one individual to another
3. plural of bacterium, a type of microorganisms
5. an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high portion of the population
6. a sub-microscopic infectious agent that replicates inside host cell
8. medications that can kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria
9. an organism, such as a mosquito or tick, that can transmit a pathogen from one host to another
14. plural of fungus, a type of eukaryote microscopic