Viruses Crossword

2. A term used to describe when a disease is contagious.
6. The flu vaccine is recommended to get each year because the flu virus ________________.
8. A nonliving particle that can reproduce in a living cell is known as a ____________.
10. Viruses enter a host cell and _________ its DNA in order to reproduce.
11. Viruses are considered _________________ because they invade the body and cause disease.
13. An insect or animal that transmits disease.
14. The type of medicine that can be used for viral infections.
16. The protein coat that surrounds a virus.

1. Viruses need this living cell in order to reproduce.
3. Your body's defense system is known as the _______ system.
4. A ___________________________ is a virus that infects bacteria.
5. Viruses are the ____________ type of pathogen (size)
7. Vaccination is the best way to _____________ the spread of a virus.
9. Viruses are considered to be _______________ because they are not made of cells and cannot reproduce without a host.
12. There is not a vaccine offered for the common cold because there are so many ________.
15. A dose of dead or weakened pathogens used to protect against a disease is called a ___________________.
17. __________ is the genetic material found inside of a virus