Basic Concepts of Infectious Diseases Crossword

Ability of microbes to stay affixed to a body surface and replicate
Occurs when pathogens or parasites enter and begins to grow on a host.
Recognized by their signs and symptoms.
Ability of an organism to cause disease.
Measure of degree or severity of disease.
Number of bacteria or virus particles required to kill 50% of an environmental group of animal hosts.
How many microbes required to cause disease symptoms in half of an environmental group of hosts.
Disease caused by microorganisms that can be transferred from one host to another.
Ability of a pathogen to enter and live in host cells.
Binding between specific molecules on host and pathogen.
Pathological consequences that develop after an infectious disease has resolved.
Inanimate objects on which pathogens can be passed from one host to another.
Habitat in which an infectious agent normally lives, grows, and multiplies, maybe human, animal or environment.
A living carrier of an infectious organism.
Means of pathogen transmission; fomite, food, water, or air.
Tha ability of an organism to rapidly spread through tissues.
Collection of signs and symptoms that occur together and signify a particular disease.
The existence of a disease state and the rate of incidence of the disease.
A measure of how many patients have died from a disease.