Across
- 2. I am transmitted by the fecal-oral route. I spread rapidly because most people (90%) are asymptomatic.
- 3. I am transmitted by mosquitoes to people, but people and horses are a dead-end hosts.
- 5. Term used to describe how contagious a virus is in a naïve population.
- 9. Pathogens that infect a host, but are effectively cleared cause ___ infections.
- 10. I am transmitted through the fecal-oral route. I continue to spread even after you feel better.
- 11. The time period from when a virus entered your system to the time in which you experience obvious symptoms.
- 12. The amount of disease a pathogen causes. Must be careful when comparing to ensure making apple-to-apple comparisions.
- 13. Some ___ factors alter how much diseases a virus can induce.
Down
- 1. I am highly transmissible. I cause high fever and am associated with secondary infection and because I kill immune cells I can induce immune amnesia.
- 4. ____ carriers are people who are infected with a virus but do not experience symptoms.
- 6. Pathogens that infect you and then stay with the host for their life are ____.
- 7. ___ of infection, dose, immune status can all alter disease in a host.
- 8. First measles specific sign of disease.