Across
- 3. The term that best describes the role of fleas in transmitting the Bubonic Plague
- 4. Influenza H1N1 was declared a [blank] in 2009 because more than 206 countries reported cases of the disease
- 6. A city has an outbreak of a disease that affects an unusually large portion of its population at the same time. What term describes the outbreak?
- 10. (2 words) An example of a disease that can be treated with antibiotics
- 12. Made from a weakened or dead form of a pathogen
- 13. The type of pathogen that causes malaria
- 15. By preventing [blank] between people, the rate of an infectious disease can be drastically reduced
- 17. A kind of disease that can be passed from one person to another
- 18. A type of medicine that is capable of destroying or weakening certain disease-causing bacteria
- 20. The type of pathogen that causes athlete's foot
- 21. Bacteria are [blank] organisms, unlike viruses
- 22. By reducing [blank] in and out of the infected areas, a country can prevent a viral epidemic from becoming a pandemic
Down
- 1. The role of a mosquito in the transmission of Malaria
- 2. A pathway of transmission that passes parasites from an infected person to an uninfected person
- 5. (2 words) Contact with this could cause a group of people to get sick
- 7. The type of pathogen that causes strep throat
- 8. The type of pathogen that can cause strep throat
- 9. An example of easy personal hygiene that can prevent illnesses
- 11. Getting this is the best way to help prevent a virus from becoming a pandemic
- 14. A pathogen that can mutate from year to year
- 16. The overuse of antibiotics could lead to resistant strains of [blank]
- 19. A disease that is spread by contact with an infected person