Pathogen Crossword Puzzle

Member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
decrease in size, number, or range
A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
Disease prevalent over a whole country or the world.
Treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
an organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.
An infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.
A microscopic single-celled organism that has neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles. Prokaryotes include the bacteria and cyanobacteria.
any of a group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools.
A medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
The communication of disease from one person to another by close contact.
make something impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.
a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, severe aching, and catarrh, and often occurring in epidemics.