Unit #1: Infectious Diseases Worksheet

What is the term that causes infectious diseases?
What is the acronym for the Stages of Infectious Diseases?
What is a network of vessels that carry a clear fluid called lymph through the body
Bacteria that grow inside a wound
How infectious diseases are spread
acts as physical barrier between environment and internal tissues/organ. Mouth, eyes, nose.
Moist, protective linings that help trap pathogens
Smallest pathogen, living in a cell.
A second line of defense, it fights infection and promotes healing.
A class of white blood cells that consist of small and large lymphocytes. There are two main classes of lymphocyte (B cells) and (T cells).
Acute, self-limiting, and highly contagious viral infection of the upper respiratory tract.
Acute, contagious respiratory infection characterized by sudden onset, fever, chills, headache.
Bloodborne virus that causes disease affecting the liver.
Disease caused by a virus; highly contagious, itchy rash
Acute infectious disease with enlargement of lymph nodes.
Determines past or present tuberculous infection based on a positive skin reaction.
Disease from the bite of a tick
any disease that is caused by an agent that has invaded the body
tiny, single-celled organisms, some of which can cause disease
a condition in which bacteria can no longer be killed by a particular antibiotic
a substance usually prepared from killed or weakened pathogens or from genetic material and that is introduced into a body to produce immunity
a change that a person notices in his or her body or mind and that is caused by a disease of disorder
an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
a bacterial infection of the digestive system, usually spread by eating contaminated food
an inflammation of the intestine cause by an ameba
Common cold, Influenza, Hepatitis, Mumps, Chicken Pox, Mono